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Same sex marriage bill to provide legal rights to live-in heterosexual couples, too

Manila Bulletin - ‎2 hours ago‎
Heterosexual couples who do not wish to get legally hitched may be included in a legislative measure by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that was originally tagged as a “same sex marriage” bill.

Duterte's Bonifacio Day message: 'Dedicate our lives to a worthy cause'

Rappler - ‎4 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos to "live up to the spirit" of Andres Bonifacio, the national hero whose birth 153 years ago was commemorated by the country on Wednesday, November 30.

Ex-chief justices invited to Senate Cha-Cha hearings; Atienza pushes Con-Con

InterAksyon - ‎5 hours ago‎
MANILA - The Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes has set for Dec. 8 its first hearing on moves to amend the 1987 Charter, as a ranking House leader pitched for an elected constitutional convention to do the job, saying ...

Maute Group behind attack on Duterte advance team –military

GMA News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The military on Wednesday linked the Maute Group to Tuesday's roadside bombing that left nine people, including seven members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), in Marawi City.

Duterte, Chinese tycoon inaugurate 'mega' drug rehab center

Rappler - ‎Nov 29, 2016‎
UNVEILING. President Duterte, Chinese businessman Huang Rulun (beside Duterte, on the right), and Cabinet members attend the inauguration of the mega drub rehabilitation center in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija on November 29, 2016.

House to file ethics, disbarment cases vs. De Lima - Speaker

CNN Philippines - ‎14 minutes ago‎
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) - The House of Representatives will be pursuing two out of three options against Sen. Leila De Lima - should she refuse to heed their order, the Speaker confirmed on Wednesday.

SC junks petitions seeking to nullify Gov't-MILF pacts

Sun.Star - ‎8 hours ago‎
THE Supreme Court has dismissed all the petitions seeking to declare two key agreements signed by the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) unconstitutional.

Federalism a 'leap of faith'

The Manila Times - ‎51 minutes ago‎
The 16 million votes that catapulted Rodrigo Duterte to Malacanang in May 2016 are seen representing three challenges he has to face–criminality, illegal drugs, traffic congestion, red tape and corruption; peace in Muslim Mindanao and with the National ...

Pangasinan village chief, kin killed in ambush

InterAksyon - ‎7 hours ago‎
MANILA - A barangay chairman and three members of his family were gunned down by motorcycle-riding assassins on Tuesday night in a remote village in Santa Barbara, Pangasinan, and police are still probing the motive for the killings.

14 more Negrense 'narco-cops' relieved

Sun.Star - ‎6 hours ago‎
FOURTEEN police non-commissioned officers in Negros Island Region were also relieved from their posts effective November 28 due to their alleged link to illegal drug operations.

Stop Marcoses' return to Malacañang, Diokno urges youth

Inquirer.net - ‎1 hour ago‎
The youth must stop the return of the Marcoses to Malacañang, the country's former top historian said. Speaking at the anti-Marcos burial protest at EDSA People Power Monument, former National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) chair Dr.

US Congress to vote on gold medal award for Filipino war veterans

Manila Bulletin - ‎5 hours ago‎
A milestone in Philippine-United States relations is about to be nailed down in time for this year's commemoration of the birth of Filipino revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio.

Man suspected to be high on drugs stabs cop

Inquirer.net - ‎3 hours ago‎
A police officer was wounded after a man, who is believed to be under the influence of drugs, tried to stab him in the neck in Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City.

BI to deport 1318 overstaying Chinese in illegal online gambling

Inquirer.net - ‎Nov 28, 2016‎
Arrested Chinese workers caught engaged in illegal online gambling in Pampanga last week. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION).

Killers of Datu Saudi Ampatuan vice mayor identified

Philippine Star - ‎4 hours ago‎
Guerillas suspected to be behind the killing of the vice mayor of Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao have been identified. Philstar.

Palace: No truth to claims of staged Marawi blast

Inquirer.net - ‎4 hours ago‎
Malacañang on Wednesday dismissed claims that the Marawi City roadside blast was staged for President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.

Makati Business Club echoes call for appointing BSP chief Tetangco for 3rd term

InterAksyon - ‎2 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - The Makati Business Club (MBC) on Tuesday supported moves to allow a third term for Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.

Extension of IPM-CDC trash collection, hauling deal eyed

Sun.Star - ‎6 hours ago‎
BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said Tuesday the garbage collection contract of IPM-Construction and Development Corp. (CDC) may be extended for one month until January 2017 while the city prepares for the bidding for the whole-year contract for ...

Russia eyeing 'partnership,' not military alliance, with PH

Inquirer.net - ‎19 hours ago‎
Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev gestures as he talks about the Philippines and Russia relations in a media forum Tuesday, Nov.29, 2016 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines.

Huelar, companion charged for drugs; Arroyo scion released

Sun.Star - ‎6 hours ago‎
BACOLOD. Barangay 35 village chief Manuel Huelar Jr. (seated, center) with agents of PDEA-Negros Island Region inside the room of the pension house in Bacolod City where he was arrested during a drug bust Monday.

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University Friends

Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing