Gov’t to break up rallies without permit
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With the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia now costing about P112,186 per pilgrim, the Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA) and President Arroyo’s new "ameerul hajj" (head of Philippine hajj delegation) are working together to trim it down expenses.
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NEW YORK CITY — The United Nations Security Council adopted unanimously last Friday a Philippine draft resolution on Somalia, which, among others, reestablishes the group monitoring the implementation of the arms embargo against the East African country and giving it a mandate of six months to look into reported violations.
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An official of the Consultative Commission (Con-Com) for Constitutional Amendments has set the start of the nationwide consultation on Oct. 24 to feel the public pulse about proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
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Senators led by Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. warned Malacañang yesterday that last Friday’s violent dispersal of demonstrators that included former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. armed protesters with "a concrete symbol of repression to rally against."
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Catholic and Protestant church leaders yesterday condemned the dispersal in Mendiola last Friday of the Kilusang Makabansang Ekonomiya (KME) prayer rally, saying the violence was "uncalled for and objectionable."
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Administration lawmakers yesterday asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to publish the list of all Freedom Parks where rallies can be conducted as they assailed the use of the prayer rally by President Arroyo’s critics last Friday night to proceed to Mendiola.
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