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Binag replaces Eleazar as head of JTF COVID Shield

November 23, 2020

Lt. Gen. Cesar Hawthorne Binag is the new commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) COVID Shield, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced on Monday. PNP spokesman Brig. General Ildebrandi Usana, said Lt. Gen Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, deputy chief PNP for

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PNP chief orders more cops in Divisoria to remind people of health protocols

November 23, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said he ordered the Manila Police District director to deploy more cops in Divisoria,  as more people are expected due to the holiday season. Police General Debold Sinas said he

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PNP continue to pursue remaining 80 Maguindanao massacre suspects

November 23, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said they are pursuing the remaining 80 suspects in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre who are still at-large. In a statement, PNP chief General Debold Sinas said manhunt operations continue for 80 more unaccounted

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Palace scorns Robredo, says there’s list already for those who’ll get free COVID-19 vaccines

November 23, 2020

Malacanang scorned on Monday Vice President Leni Robredo after she suggested that the government should start identifying specific recipients of the free coronavirus vaccines. In a televised press briefing in Davao City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte

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Military to conduct naval drill off waters fronting West Philippine Sea

November 23, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will conduct a naval drill off the waters fronting the West Philippine Sea as part of a AFP Joint Exercise (AJEX) that opened Monday. Major Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesman and exercise director,

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Two alleged NPA officials arrested in Bukidnon

November 23, 2020

  Two alleged high-ranking women officials of the New People’s Army (NPA) were nabbed in a law enforcement operation in Bukidnon on Saturday.   Maj. Jennan Montealto, civil military operations officer of the  403rd Brigade, said arrested were Lorna Songahid

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Duterte allows 5,000 nurses, nursing aides to be deployed abroad annually starting Jan. 1 next year

November 23, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the lifting of the temporary ban on the deployment of healthcare workers abroad but with an annual cap of 5,000 starting next year, Malacanang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the decision was

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Palace vows other fugitives in Maguindanao massacre to be caught

November 23, 2020

Malacanang vowed on Monday that authorities will continue to go after the remaining suspects who remain at large in the Maguindanao massacre. In a televised press briefing in Davao City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque remembered the gruesome killings of 58

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