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Comelec says surprised by Duterte’s call to junk Smartmatic

May 31, 2019

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday it was caught off guard by the remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte calling for the poll body to end its dealings with Smartmatic International. Speaking at a media forum , Comelec spokesman James

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Dutch kidnap victim, wife of Abu Sayyaf leader killed in battle with military in Sulu

May 31, 2019

Eight people, including a Dutch kidnap victim and the second wife of an Abu Sayyaf top leader, were killed while 20 were wounded in an encounter between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu on Friday morning. Brigadier

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Alleged NPA member killed in Eastern Samar

May 31, 2019

An alleged member of the New People’s Army ( NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in Eastern Samar on Thursday. Capt. Reynaldo Aragones, public affairs chief of the 8th Infantry Division, said troops belonging to 14th Infantry

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69 garbage-laden containers repatriated to Canada

May 31, 2019

After six years, containers of garbage from Canada loaded in a Liberian-flagged container ship left Subic Bay Freeport, Zambales early Friday morning and are bound for Vancouver, an official said. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Chairman and Administrator Wilma Eisma said

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Duterte wants to get rid of Smartmatic

May 30, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte wants the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dispose Smartmatic, the private company which supplied the technology for the automated elections for the past years, including the recent midterm polls. “Dispose of that Smartmatic and look for a

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10 hurt as alleged NPAs attack convoy with foreign observers in Bukidnon

May 30, 2019

At least ten people, including seven soldiers, were hurt after alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying foreign observers in Bukidnon Thursday morning. Col. Boogie De Leon of Army’s 403rd Brigade said foreign observers from

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DND says it will comply with SC order

May 30, 2019

The Department of National Defense (DND) assures that it will comply with the order of the Supreme Court in relation with the writ of amparo and habeas data filed by the cause-oriented groups. “There is certainly no threat to their

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Palace hopes Philippines, Canada ties to “normalize” with repatriation of trash

May 30, 2019

Malacanang expressed hope on Thursday that diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Canada would “normalize” with the latter’s retrieval of garbage. MV Bavaria, where the 69 containers of waste would be loaded, was set to sail for Vancouver, Canada later

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