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Death penalty House bills filed prior to Duterte’s Sona appeal

MANILA, Philippines - Several lawmakers have filed bills on the revival of the death penalty in the country even before President Rodrigo Duterte requested it during his fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday.   Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers filed on July 11House Bill No. 2026 which repeals Republic Act No. 9346 or "An Act Prohibiting the Reimposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines."   Barbers argued in his explanatory note that the "alarming rise of heinous crimes in our country" calls for the reimposition of capital punishment, which he claimed as the "strongest deterrent society has against such crimes" and "serves as retributi...

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Motorcyclist dead in Lucena collision

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