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For decades, Santa Rosa City has led the way in the transformation of Laguna from a predominantly-agricultural province to one of the largest industrial hubs outside Metro Manila.

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The phrase “flight means guilt” is cited in a criminal prosecution. But the controversy goes beyond leaving and evading arrest.



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54 Years Since the Declaration of Martial Law on September 21, 1972! 

Then President Ferdinand Marcos y Edralin was superstitious, as a person, leader and politician. That is why he chose to have his Declaration of Martial Law identified with the date, September 21, 1972, a Thursday. However, the actual implementation of Martial Law had to be done after office hours on a Friday, September 22, 1972.


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On September 14, the Bangsamoro people finally cast the ballot they had waited for seven years. More than 600 candidates contested seats in the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament, with turnout reaching 82 percent of 2.39 million registered voters, about 1.97 million ballots cast — the highest in BARMM's history.


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