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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Tuesday signed the new UP charter during a ceremony at the UP Visayas Cebu College, with UP President Emerlinda Roman, members of the UP Board of Regents, Senator Francis Pangilinan, and other government and UP officials.

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A total of 1,289 have passed out of the 5,626 law graduates (22.91 percent passed) that took the 2007 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Saturday.

Check out the list of passers after the jump.

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Former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

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34-year-old actor John Estrada was arrested by the Philippine National Police-Aviation Security Group at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for illegal possession of bullets.

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The body of FHM Philippines magazine model and Viva Hot Babe Scarlet Garcia (aka Scarlet Bouffard) and three others were found dead inside their rented townhouse at Gordon Heights in Olongapo City by authorities who were responding to a fire report.

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A South East Asian Airlines (Seair) Flight carrying 32 passengers from Caticlan, Aklan overshot the runway upon arriving at the Manila Domestic Airport Sunday afternoon.

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Results of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) was released last January 11, 2008.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs announces the launch of the DFA Passport Appointment System which can now be done online.

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The 17-year-old daughter of Manila Bulletin columnist Jerry Liao was bitten by an albino Ruthven Kingsnake while she was stroking the reptile at the Ark Avilon Zoo at the Frontera Verde-Tiendesitas complex in Barangay Ugong, Pasig City.

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The yearlong celebration of the centennial year of the University of the Philippines started at its flagship campus in Diliman in Quezon City on Tuesday.

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The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC) on Monday dismissed the P63-million damage and breach of contract complaint filed by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation against survey firm AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines after the case was found to have been “prematurely filed.”

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The Swedish government will be closing its Embassy in Manila.

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Several riders were left hanging mid-air after the 25-foot space shuttle roller coaster malfunctioned and stalled on its tracks leaving several of its riders stuck on top of the ride’s loop at the Enchanted Kingdom theme park in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna.

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Malacañang through Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno on Thursday night declared a curfew, which will start midnight up to dawn of Friday, after ending a six-hour siege at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City.

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Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was literally dragged by policemen out the Manila Peninsula in Makati City after he and other supporters ended the six-hour standoff at the hotel.

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Sen. Antonio Trillanes and Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim marched out of a Makati courtroom and joined civilians and uniformed military personnel armed with M-16 and M-14 rifles calling for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

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Typhoon Mina (international codename Mitag) has gained more strength and continues to threaten the Bicol Region.

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Director General Avelino Razon Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said that bomb experts from the United States (from the Federal Bureau of Investigation), Australia (Australian Federal Police) and Israel submitted the results of their investigation on the Glorietta 2 explosion to Filipino investigators Tuesday.

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