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WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden waded into fraught political territory Tuesday with an off-the-cuff remark about political opponent Donald Trump, saying that to block the Republican presidential candidate’s radical proposals “we got to lock him up.” “Politically lock him up,” Biden quickly added, after some applause by the crowd at a New Hampshire campaign office. With Trump facing multiple pending criminal charges as he competes against Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed Biden, the White House has been very careful not to weigh in on the Republican’s legal problems. READ: Biden says ‘not confident’ of peaceful US election Trump […]…

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The recovery from eBay of a historical document stolen from the National Library of the Philippines is cause for rejoicing. We should not, however, stop there and find out who consigned the stolen document, and ask this person where it came from and when it came into his or her possession. The sale was brazen […]…

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — GG Jackson II never played alongside Ja Morant during his first NBA season and only watched the two-time All-Star take the court in nine games for the Memphis Grizzlies. He saw enough to know now with Morant, the Grizzlies will be doing things differently. “When we got the head of the snake out there, everybody’s role is definitely going to change,” Jackson said of Morant. READ: NBA: Grizzlies bank future on Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson, Desmond Bane Morant is the point guard who makes the Grizzlies run — literally. Entering his sixth season in the NBA, the […]…

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two chief executives, who were serving suspension orders and are facing dismissal from service by the Office of the Ombudsman, have found a ray of hope. The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, Oct. 22, issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the reelection disqualification cases against suspended mayors Michael Rama of Cebu City and Jonas Cortes of Mandaue City. READ: 2 Cebu mayors sacked amid election frenzy The TRO stops the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying Rama and Cortes while the high court reviews the cases involving the two mayors. The poll body was given […]…

Keep on reading: SC issues TRO on reelection disqualification cases vs 2 Cebu mayors

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero on Tuesday dismissed fears that the Senate’s probe into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug war would be biased, saying the chamber’s investigation slated on October 28 would be the fairest in every way possible. “Para sa akin ito na ang pinaka fair kaya nga si Sen. [Koko] Pimentel ang magche-chair ng komite [at] kaya nga blue ribbon committee ang magche-chair bagaman recess kami at kumuha ng motu proprio jurisdiction sa isyung ito,” said Escudero in a press conference.  (For me, this is the fairest. That’s why Sen. Koko Pimentel will chair the […]…

Keep on reading: Escudero sees fair Senate probe into war on drugs