19 Lumad children rescued from alleged kidnapping by militant group PNP
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Cebu (CNN Philippines, February 15) Police have arrested seven people in an operation in a top Cebu school on Monday, where they said 19 Lumad children from Davao del Norte were rescued from alleged kidnapping by a militant group.
According to authorities, parents claimed their children were taken by members of the Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanogon without their consent and were told they would be brought to Davao City for their schooling. They were instead found to have been staying at a retreat house of the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus in Cebu since 2018, police said.
Patalinjug, 26, broke the good news on social media Feb. 8.
“Just when you think you know love, someone so little and precious comes along to remind you just how big love really is!
On the 4th of February 2021 at 8:01 pm, we welcomed the best gift we ever had, weighing 8.7lbs, meet our bundle of joy, Fredrick Evan Lim! @therealfrancislim,” wrote Patalinjug on social media.
Patalinjug is in a relationship with Francis Lim.
The Cebuana beauty queen represented the Philippines at the Miss Grand International 2018 beauty pageant in Myanmar.
Prior to Binibining Pilipinas, Patalinjug was a former Mutya ng Pilipinas titleholder.
She also took up law at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.
Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila on the attack on academic freedom. Video: Al Jazeera
Teachers and students in the Philippines are angry over the decision to allow military forces to enter the top state university. The 1989 deal was put in place to protect students from the warrantless arrests and constant surveillance by police and military forces that were common during the 1970s era of martial law.
Mel Sta Maria at Rappler analyses the crisis.
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By Mel Sta Maria in Manila
Because of the controversy resulting from the unilateral termination by the Defence Department (DND) of the University of the Philippines (UP) and the DND’s accord limiting the entry of security personnel inside UP, Commission of Higher Education (CHED) chair J. Prospero de Vera was quoted in news reports as saying a “panel of education experts will define the meaning of academic freedom and the role of security forces in the protection of academic freedom and the welfare of students.”
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JOHN Henry R. Osmeña, a seasoned former senator who fought the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos in the 1970s, has died. He was 86.
He died at 2:45 pm on Tuesday inside his condominium in Cebu City and was immediately cremated, Ferliza C. Contratista, a former staff, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, citing the lawmaker’s sister Annie Osmeña-Aboitiz.
Mr. Osmena authored landmark bills such as the Electric Power Crisis Act and the Build Operate Law. He was also responsible for the creation of the Department of Energy (DOE) in 1992 and pushed electricity reforms through a law that restructured the sector in 2001.
Press Release
Senators mourn the death of Sen. John O, the Senate s Lone Ranger
Senators, with a heavy heart, honor the life and death of former Sen. John Henry Sonny Osmeña, who passed away in his condominium unit in Cebu City Tuesday, February 2, 2021. His body was immediately cremated while the cause of his death was still being determined. He was 86.
In a fitting tribute, the Senate on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, passed Senate Resolution No.635, in consideration of Senate Resolution No. 636, expressing the profound sympathy and sincere condolences of the Senate on the death of Osmeña, who served the Senate from 1971 to 1972, 1987 to 1995, and 1998 to 2004.