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Duterte declares 2019 as ILO Centenary

April 26, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared 2019 as International Labor Organization Centenary. Proclamation No. 710 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea by authority of the President on April 24, noted that ILO was established in 1919 and the Philippines, as an

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Magnitude 5.5 quake hits Surigao del Norte: Phivolcs

April 26, 2019

A magnitude 5.5 quake jolted Surigao del Norte Friday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tremor was recorded around 1:26 pm with its center located at 70 kilometers southeast of General Luna. The tectonic quake

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Bodies of two missing Filipinas in Cyprus found: DFA

April 26, 2019

The bodies of two missing Filipinas were found in an abandoned mine in Cyprus earlier this month, and the self-confessed suspect is a member of the National Guard, the Department of Foreign Affairs ( DFA) said Friday. ”It was found

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MMDA dogs praised for role in rescue of collapsed Porac supermarket

April 26, 2019

Not all superheroes wear capes. Nine dogs were being praised by netizens after they helped in the rescue operation on the collapsed Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga which resulted in the death of five people. The K9 unit of the

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PNP eyes NPA behind homemade bomb blast killing boy in Samar

April 26, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) ordered an investigation on the death of a 10-year-old who died when an improvised bomb exploded during Holy Week in Samar. In a statement Friday, PNP spokesperson Colonel Bernard Banac said they are eyeing

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Deaths from Monday quake up to 18: NDRRMC

April 26, 2019

The death toll from the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit the province of Zambales on Monday has reached 18, the National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday. NDRRMC said the number of injured victims rose to 282

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Four suspected robbers killed, 139 arrested in one-day Laguna police operations

April 26, 2019

Four suspected robbers were killed while 139 were arrested in a one-day simultaneous anti-criminality law enforcement operations by the Laguna Police Provincial Office. Police Colonel Eleazar Matta, the Laguna provincial director, said these were conducted from April 24 to 25,

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4,279 arrested for violating Comelec gun ban

April 26, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) arrested around 4,729 violators in relation to the Commission on Elections ( Comelec) imposed gun ban since the start of campaign period. Based on their data released Friday, on the total 576,983 checkpoints conducted

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