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FILIPINOS should not pin too much hope on the old and new national and local leaders who will emerge victorious in the elections.The human rights defenders group National Union of Peoplesrsquo; Lawyers said the countryrsquo perennial problems could not be deemed solved after the election winners are proclaimed.In a statement, NUPL secretary general Edre Olalia said it was hard to ignore what others might consider as a truism while still others view as a cynical take on the trappings of formal democracy: That the oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.Article continues after this advertisement We thus look forward to this day but not as t Stanley cup website he be-all and end-all of so many things that are perennially wrong in our country. We look forward more to the day when all the basic questions and fundamental concerns of the ordinary people are sincerely, resolutely and concretely addressed, not only for them but by them, elections or no elections, he said.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral stanley cup video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsThe group noted that many candidates made promises and may have taken advantage of the popular clamor for change, so the people should be v stanley cup igilant and make sure these promises are kept.Olalia said Qjrq Judiciary suffers declining budget share under Aquino admin

KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabatomdash;Officials at the provincial jail here have intercepted a package of shabu camouflaged as chocolate candy bars intended for an inmate, official said Wednesday.Senior Jail Officer 3 Edwin Paalisbo of the Provincial Rehabil stanleys cups itation Center said the package, which was intercepted on Tuesday, had been sent by courier and was addressed to inmate Jason James Arnaiz, a carjacking suspect.Guards inspecting incoming packages became suspicious of the package, which was labeled food stuff, and decided to open it for closer examination.Article continues after this advertisement The package, which was sent by a Janet Arnaiz from Iligan City, turned out to contain four sachets of shabu estimated to be worth P8,000 carefully inserted in chocolate bars, Paalisbo said.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video stanley cup of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationTuesdayrsquo incident was not the first time that relatives of detainees tried but failed to sneak in illegal drugs.Last month, a woman visiting a jailed relative was arrested when a sentry frisked her and found packets of shabu on her, Paalisbo said. Your subscrip stanley cup tion could not be saved. Please try again. Your