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Media practitioner arrested for alleged illegal possession of firearms

June 7, 2019

A media practitioner was arrested in Palawan Thursday afternoon due to alleged illegal possession of firearms. According to Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) spokesman Police Lt. Col. Socrates Faltado, the suspect identified as Jennifer Maquilan, 29, of Private Media

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Duterte thanks military, police for peaceful elections

June 7, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday thanked the military and police for a peaceful elections. “The entire military establishment and the police, you have to thank them for the peaceful election,” Duterte said in a speech during the celebration of Eid’l

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Duterte asks COA to allow P5 million “unauthorized” fund transfer for Muslim hajj

June 6, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday the Commission on Audit, an independent body, should allow the “unauthorized” transfer of P5 million by the Task Force Bangon Marawi to the travel expenses of some Muslims from war-torn Marawi City in their

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Senate committee membership nearly complete: Sotto

June 6, 2019

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday the chairmanship of committees for the next Congress is ”95 percent complete”. In a phone-patch interview with reporters, Sotto said he along with incumbent and new members of th The Senate discussed

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Duterte declares June 24 as special non-working day in Manila

June 6, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared June 24 as a special non-working day in the City of Manila. This was contained in Proclamation No. 731 signed on June 4 by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea by the authority of the President. “On

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LTFRB issues show cause order to Grab on deactivation of 8,000 units

June 6, 2019

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued a show cause order to MyTaxi.Ph,Inc. (Grab) Thursday due to the deactivation of about 8,000 units. Grab is set appear before the LTFRB Board on June 11 to explain their

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Villanueva says only DOLE should issue work permits to foreigners

June 6, 2019

Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday asked the Bureau of Immigration to leave the issuance of special work permits to foreigners to the Department of Labor and Employment ( DOLE). In an interview at ANC, Villanueva said it is only the

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Meralco says power rates to decrease for 2nd month

June 6, 2019

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced Thursday a second consecutive month of lower power rates, as overall electricity rates for a typical household consuming 200 kilowatt per hour decreased to P10.0918 per kWh from last month’s P10.2866 per kWh. The downward

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