Court frees Doc Naty, calls PNP arrest ‘repugnant’

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Court frees Doc Naty, calls PNP arrest ‘repugnant’ A court has junked the kidnapping charges against Dr. Maria Natividad Castro, a human rights and public health advocate, and ruled that the manner of her arrest by the police last month was “repugnant to [her] right to liberty.”   Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   PH drug war back under int’l scrutiny President Duterte's war on drugs is back on the global stage with a United Nations organization, the International Narcotics Control Board, highlighting the government's ``extrajudicial targeting'' of drug suspects.   RECYCLING CENTER? NO, IT’S A CAMPUS Teachers and interns at Araullo High School in Manila on Wednesday gather used water bottles brought to the campus by students and faculty members, under a project where they must collect 10,000 kilos of these recyclables in 10 months in exchange for the 100 tablet computers earlier given by Plastic Bank Philippines, a social enterprise whose head office is in Vancouver, Canada. —RICHARD A. REYES     Police to sue Abra exec over shootout The Philippine National Police will press charges against reelectionist Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Disono of Pilar, Abra, over Tuesday’s shootout between her security escorts and local policemen that left one dead.   Take our news quiz!   Get it here   Opinion: Regressive BOT amendments Instead of attracting investments that the country desperately needs to revive its pandemic-battered economy, the Duterte administration may end up doing the exact opposite. This as the Neda has proposed game-changing amendments to theIRR of the BOT law that economists and business leaders have sharply criticized as being 'antimarket.'     SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe