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A VILLAGE councilman and a woman believed to be his mistress were found dead in a boarding house in Barangay 21-C, Piapi along Quezon Boulevard, Davao City on Monday evening, after what sounded like an argument between the two. Chief Inspector Caezar Cabuhat, chief of Sta. Ana Police Station, identified the victims as Ryann Crisostomo Kokam, 37, councilman of Barangay 20-B, and Katherine Yu Baguio, 24, student, who was from Tagum City but was a transient resident of Block 50 in Barangay 21-C in Davao City. According to Renan Boston, 22, a stay-in employee of the Everlife Store owned by Kokam, they discovered the bodies around 11:20 p.m.

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MANILA, Philippines - The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 takes effect today, October 3, after the Supreme Court (SC) did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) or writ of preliminary injunction on the implementation of assailed provisions of the controversial legislation. According to well-placed ABS-CBN sources, discussions on the petitions filed against Republic Act No. 10175 and applications for the issuance of a TRO or injunctive writ were instead reset to next Tuesday's en banc session. Atty. Maria Victoria Gleoresty Sp. Guerra, acting chief of the SC Public Information Office, confirmed this later in the day. She said in a statement that the petitions "are up for further study."

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AT LEAST 64 residents of Barangay Aguinaldo, Laak, Compostela Valley, were brought to the hospital for diarrhea on Friday. Laak Mayor Rey Navarro confirmed the news report in a text message Friday.

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OFFICIALS of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) are squarely behind the efforts of the Aquino administration to forge a "framework peace agreement" with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) before the end of the year, Armm Governor Mujiv Hataman assured Monday. Speaking before a general assembly at the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (Opapp) in Pasig City, Hataman said Armm officials who were appointed by President Aquino were prepared to fully support the establishment of the proposed new autonomous political entity (NPE) that was being envisioned in the peace negotiations with the MILF.

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Inihayag ni Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva na lumalakas ang demand sa babaeng welder. Its now the complete opposite. Many jobs today are high-tech and computerized, and women can do these jobs and be very successful, pahayag ni Villanueva. Inihalimbawa niya ang pagkuha ng AG&P, isang welding company sa Batangas, sa serbisyo ng 27 welder na babae, para sa malaking construction project.

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Matapos ang dagdag-bawas sa presyo ng ilang produktong petrolyo, nagpatupad naman ng pagtaas ng halaga ng liqueed petroleum gas (LPG) ang ilang kumpanya ng langis epektibo kahapon ng madaling araw. Dakong 12:01 ng madaling araw nagpatupad ang Total ng price increase na P2.00 sa bawat kilo ng cooking gas kasama na rito ang value-added tax (VAT) katumbas ng P22 ng kada 11 kilograms na tangke ng LPG.

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Siyam katao ang nasawi nang magsalpukan ang isang pampasaherong jeepney at 14wheeler truck sa Sarrat, Ilocos Norte kahapon ng madaling araw. Sinabi ni Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, director ng Ilocos Norte Police Office, karamihan sa mga nasawi ay estudyante na sakay ng jeepney na patungo sana sa kanilang eskuwelahan.

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Nakatakdang bitayin ang isang Pilipina dahil sa kasong drug trafficking sa Malaysia, iniulat ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kamatayan ang inihatol ng Shah Alam High Court kay Marivelle Gonzales, 31, makaraang mapatunayang nagkasala sa pagdadala ng isang kilo ng heroin na nakasilid sa kanyang bag. Ayon pa sa DFA, dalawang taon nang nakakulong ang nasabing Pinay sa Malaysia, kung saan tinututukan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas sa Kuala Lumpur ang kanyang kaso at isinusulong ang pag-apela nito sa mataas na hukuman.