MaribuBot, of articial intelligence (she’s my hardworking, intelligent Bot), on her own, without any prompting from me, gathered these news stories on human strife, conflict, and art based on web metrics:
ξ Parties need not be marginalized to run as partylists. “xxx The SC decision states that partylist groups need not be “marginalized or underrepresented” to run in the partylist elections.xxx Majority of the 54 previously disqualified partylists might be allowed to run again in the May 13 midterm elections under the new guidelines issued by the Supreme Court (SC), Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said on Friday.” inquirer
ξ “Brillantes on party-list ruling: I don’t like it” rappler
∩ “4 die in Batangas accident” tempo.
♠ “US, Philippine troops start war games amid China tensions” by Cecil Morella, Agence France Presse thru Yahoo Philippines
ν “Caravan vs 2013 Balikatan military exercises ongoing” “Progressive groups are hounding the 2013 joint US-RP military exercises, which begins today, to protest the continuous assault on the country’s sovereignty, the human rights violations resulting from it and the toxic wastes it leaves behind.” Bulatlat
ÿ “The known unknowns of Kim Jong-un” xxx “As far as personal tastes go, his apparent affection for amusement parks and Disney characters sits oddly with his position as supreme commander of the world’s fifth-largest army with an emerging nuclear arsenal.xxx” by Giles Hewitt, Agence France-Presse thru ABS-CBN
ÿ ” Statement of support for the Korean people against US provocations and nuclear threats”xxx “We condemn in the strongest terms the continuing US military control over South Korea, the constant nuclear weapons in US military bases and aircraft carriers and the joint military exercises of the US and the South Korean puppet government. All these violate the national sovereignty of the Korean people, threaten the DPRK and run counter to the desire of the Korean people for peaceful reunification.” by Jose Maria Sison thru Bulatlat
∩ “Comelec plans to ban motorcades on 18 major Metro Manila roads” inquirer
Λ “Basic wins 3 geothermal energy contracts” inquirer
♥ “Cash prizes, scholarships for Palaro winners” rappler
♥ “Art Spark: A Guide to the Philippine Art World” Inflight thru Yahoo Philippines
“20 hurt in Caloocan smashup”, PNA thru interaksyon
“60 hurt in NLEx bus collision”, abs-cbn
“Dato Arroyo’s wife, kid unhurt in accident”, rappler
“Asian Hospital may face raps over escape of hit-and-run suspect”, inquirer
“Caught on cam: Jeep hits grandma in Tondo”, abs-cbn
“Cessna plane makes emergency landing in Bulacan”, abs-cbn
“C-130s on standby for Pinoys in S. Korea”, rappler
“PAF readies evacuation plan for 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea”, inquirer
and news stories on the elections, oil price hikes, tuition hikes, killings in Syria rise to 6,000 in March, NoKor nuclear reactor restarts, and other updates:
