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Comelec questions Namfrel statement

May 17, 2019

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday questioned National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) statement seeking for an explanation on their “transmission router”. “It seems that people are forgetting things,”Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press briefing. Jimenez

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Comelec will not allow substitutions for partylist representatives

May 17, 2019

There will be no more substitution for partylist representatives, according to Commission on Elections ( Comelec) James Jimenez on Friday. This after National Youth Commissioner Ronald Cardema filed a motion last Thursday to be a substitute as Duterte Youth partylist representative.

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JS Samidare, 2nd JMSDF ship to visit Philippines, docks in Subic

May 17, 2019

The second vessel of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) to visit the country this year arrived for a goodwill visit in Zambales on Friday. Capt. Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesman, said JS Samidare, with two SH-60K patrol helicopters

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Troops defuse tension by alleged private armed groups in Maguindanao

May 17, 2019

Government troops intervened in tension caused by alleged private armies by two local candidates and recovered firearms and other war materiel in a military operation in Maguindanao on Thursday. Major Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the 6th Infantry Division, said troops

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38 injured in two vehicular accidents in Quezon: police

May 17, 2019

A total of 38 persons were injured in a two separate vehicular accidents in Quezon province, according to police Friday. In a report by the Quezon Police Provincial Office ( QPPO), eighteen persons were injured after an overloaded bus hit

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Gunshots heard during canvassing at Zamboanga del Norte municipality

May 17, 2019

Gunshots were heard during canvassing at a municipal hall in Zamboanga del Sur Thursday evening In a police report, the incident happened around 11 pm at Purok 5, Brgy Kagawasan in Dimataling when bursts of gunfire were heard perpetrated by

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Fired FDA head “clueless” on corruption allegations

May 17, 2019

Dismissed Food and Drugs Administration ( FDA) Director General Nela Charade Puno said on Friday she was “clueless” about corruption allegations hurled against her. President Rodrigo Duterte fired Puno due to alleged corruption. In the letter sent to Puno on

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Eight alleged Chinese arrested, 87 rescued in warehouse in Bulacan: police

May 17, 2019

Authorities arrested eight Chinese at a fake cigarette warehouse in Bulacan and rescuing 87 employees on Thursday. Police Colonel Chito Bersaluna, Bulacan provincial director, said they conducted a joint operation with the National Bureau of Investigation to rescue 87 employees

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