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Sotto says fish caught in West Philippine Sea may have come from China

June 27, 2019

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday that calling for exclusivity in marine resource in the West Philippine Sea is difficult.  “It’s very difficult to say that there is exclusivity when it is underwater,” Sotto said in a television

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One kilo brick of cocaine found in Camarines Sur

June 27, 2019

Authorities last Tuesday found a brick of cocaine weighing one kilo and worth P5.6 million in the waters off Camarines Sur. In a police report, the cocaine, sealed in plastic, was found by residents of Barangay Boclod in San Jose

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Duterte: Del Rosario no business of using diplomatic passport

June 27, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario had no business using a diplomatic passport. In a speech during the 122nd founding anniversary celebration of the Presidential Security Group on Wednesday night at Malacanang Park, Duterte noted

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Marine battalion in Sulu deployed to Palawan

June 27, 2019

A Marine battalion which fought terrorists for nearly three years in Sulu has been deployed to Palawan. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, said the Marine Battalion Landing Team-3 (MBLT-3) bade

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PNP submits to Duterte’s will to let ”jueteng” be

June 27, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Thursday said street level “jueteng”  evolved into illegal drug trades once people connected with that have no place to run to. In a statement, Police Colonel Bernard Banac, the PNP spokesman, said  they

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CIDG confiscates around P23 million from alleged investment firm in Agusan del Norte

June 27, 2019

The Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ( CIDG) on Wednesday confiscated around P23 million from an alleged investment scam firm in Agusan del Norte. In a police report, it said around 3:30 pm a CIDG unit in

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Tugade says November opening of Sangley Airport to be met

June 26, 2019

Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade said they are aiming to finish the construction of Sangley Airport by September to meet the November deadline set by President Rodrigo Duterte.  Duterte scheduled the deadline for the transfer of flights and other airline operations

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Military intercepts vessel with smuggled cigarettes off Zamboanga City

June 26, 2019

The military intercepted a vessel with smuggled cigarettes off the waters of Zamboanga City on Wednesday morning. In a report, Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) said its operating unit intercepted one Jungkung-type watercraft loaded with tobacco products branded “Bravo” in

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