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Philippines lifts ban on official trips to Canada

June 4, 2019

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea has lifted his order banning government officials from traveling to Canada and transacting with its officials after Ottawa retrieved its garbage from the Philippines. “Lifted banning of Government official trips to Canada,” Medialdea told reporters in

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PDEA seizes P6.8 million of shabu in tea bags in Manila

June 4, 2019

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) on Monday seized P6.8 million worth of shabu sealed in tea bags in a buy-bust operation in Manila. Derrick Carreon, PDEA spokesperson, said around 5:30 pm, joint elements of the PDEA Calabarzon region

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Delegates of joint staff college of Japan defense ministry on study visit

June 4, 2019

Delegates of the Joint Staff College of Japan’s Ministry of Defense visited the Philippine Army headquarters on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, Philippine Army spokesman. said troops shared its counter-terrorism experiences to the Japan Ministry of Defense delegates as part

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Duterte likely conducting “discreet” probe vs Andanar over tourism ad deal: Panelo

June 4, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte could have been conducting “discreet investigation” against Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar who allegedly connived in manipulating the questionable P60-million advertisement deal by the Department of Tourism with the state-run People’s Television Network. President Rodrigo

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Palace asks teachers to be more patient for Duterte’s promised wage hike

June 4, 2019

Malacanang asked on Tuesday the public school teachers to be more patient as the Duterte administration is looking for ways on where to source the multi-billion fund for their salary increase. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, quoting

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Palace wants able bodied Filipinos, including female, to take ROTC

June 4, 2019

The Philippines should follow other countries where all “able bodied” citizens undertake compulsary military training, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo disagreed with the critics of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps ( ROTC) it

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BI cancels visas of 528 foreigners for fraud

June 4, 2019

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) conducted one of the largest mass cancellation of working visas for fraud, involving 528 foreign nationals, of which 11 are Japanese, following an intensified monitoring of aliens in the Philippines. In a statement Tuesday, BI

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PNP says they did not force Advincula to change statement

June 4, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said they did not pressure or force Peter Joemel Advincula or alias ”Bikoy” to retract his statement against the administration. “If he signed an affidavit, then we could have just file the

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