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		<title>Presidential Decree No. 96 (No Wang Wang)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much ado has been made with the recent campaign of the police to eliminate the use of sirens, blinkers and other similar gadgets that emit loud noises or otherwise used to navigate obnoxiously on the streets of Metro Manila and other areas of the Philippines. This is an offshoot of President Noynoy Aquino&#8217;s inauguration day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benigno C. Aquino III is RP&#8217;s 15th President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benigno &#8220;Noynoy&#8221; C. Aquino III was finally proclaimed by Congress as the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines. His proclamation came after 8 days of canvassing by a joint congressional committee. Aquino obtained a total of 15,208,678 votes, while his nearest rival, former president Joseph Estrada, got 9,487,837 votes or a difference of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court junks all petitions vs. automated polls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its all systems go for the country&#8217;s first automated elections on May 10, 2010 as the Supreme Court dismissed all petitions seeking its postponement. During the special en banc session, the Court found that the petitioners failed to exhaust all administrative remedies and that the Comelec did not gravely abuse its discretion. Among the petitioners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Posting: Associate Lawyer and Paralegal Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A law office based in Pasig City is looking for an associate lawyer (new bar passers welcome) and paralegal with experience in corporate and litigation work. Interested applicants may send their resumes to lawofficecareer@gmail.com.]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Bar Examination Results &#8211; 1,451 out of 5,903 pass the Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura, the Chairman of the 2009 Bar Examinations announced today that a total of 1,451 bar examinees out of 5,903 passed the 2009 Bar Examinations held last September. This represents a 24.58 percent passing rate. The passing percentage for this year was higher compared to last year’s 20.58 percent or 1,310 out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court: GMA can appoint next Chief Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a 9-1-3 decision, the Supreme Court declared yesterday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can appoint the next Chief Justice upon retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17, 2010. The Decision stemmed from the question on whether an incumbent President can appoint Chief Justice Puno&#8217;s successor, considering that Section 15, Article VII (Executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court reverses Quinto vs. COMELEC: Appointed Officials Running in May Elections Now Deemed Resigned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a 10-5 vote, the Supreme Court reversed its Decision rendered in the case of Quinto vs. Comelec last December 2009 and declared that appointed officials, including members of the judiciary and the Comelec itself, who have filed their certificate of candidacy for the May 10 elections are already deemed resigned. In the Resolution dated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republic Act No. 9858 &#8211; Legitimization of Children Born to Minor Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children born out of wedlock to parents who were not allowed by law to marry for being minors are now qualified for legitimation. This has been made possible by Republic Act No. 9858, which has amended Article 177 of the Family Code of the Philippines. Previously, Article 177 stated that only children born out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proclamation No. 1959 &#8211; Martial Law in Maguindanao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PROCLAMATION NO. 1959 Proclamation No. 1959 PROCLAIMING A STATE OF MARTIAL LAW AND SUSPENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN AREAS WHEREAS, Proclamation 1946 was issued on 24 November 2009 declaring a state of emergency in the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and the City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court: Appointive Officials Need Not Resign (Quinto vs. Comelec)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a vote of 8-6, the Supreme Court, through Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura, Jr., ruled that appointed officials who have filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2010 elections need not resign and may opt to remain in their respective posts. The ruling stemmed from a petition filed by Romulo B. Macalintal in [...]]]></description>
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