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Duterte taps former military general as MWSS chair

May 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a retired military general as chairman of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). In a speech Thursday night in Davao City during the thanksgiving party for his former close aide and now Senator-elect Christopher

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Duterte says Trillanes a “shame”

May 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has called opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as a “shame.” His latest verbal attack against Trillanes came a day after Peter Joemel Advincula, who claimed to be “Bikoy” in the “Ang Totoong Narco List” videos retracted his

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Advincula posts bail for estafa cases

May 24, 2019

Peter Joemel Advincula, alias ”Bikoy” posted bail on five counts of estafa but it depends on doctors at the Philippine National Police (PNP) hospital if he can be released. In a text message sent to The Daily Manila Shimbun, Philippine

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Coast Guard, BFAR seize P3.2m illegally caught fishes from Palawan

May 24, 2019

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) seized P3.2 million worth of illegally caught fishes from Palawan. The PCG reported Thursday night that MV Alejandra carrying tubs of blasted fishes and suspected endangered

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One billion pesos worth of shabu seized by authorities in Malabon warehouse

May 24, 2019

Anti-drug operatives, customs agents, police, military and the Coast Guard on Thursday retrieved from a warehouse in Malabon a total of 146 kilos of shabu worth around one billion pesos concealed in 114 bags inside aluminium pallets. ”The shipment of

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SWS survey says 38 percent of Filipinos say lives improved in last 12 months

May 24, 2019

A Social Weather Stations ( SWS) quarterly survey conducted on March 28-31, found 38 percent of adult Filipinos saying their lives improved compared to 21 percent saying their lives worsened in the last 12 months. The net gainer score is

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Son of barangay chairman in narco list arrested in Tondo

May 24, 2019

The National Capital Region Police Office ( NCRPO) on Friday arrested the son of an alleged high value narcolist target who is a barangay chairman due to alleged involvement in illegal drugs. According to a report, at 4:40 am joint

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Duterte, Abe to discuss South China Sea issue in Tokyo bilateral meeting

May 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to discuss the South China Sea issue at the sidelines of a forum in Tokyo next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs ( DFA) said on Friday. Duterte is

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