Abu Sayyaf killed in encounter with Marines in Sulu

April 2, 2019

A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed and a high-powered firearm was recovered in an encounter in Sulu on Tuesday morning. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the military’s Western Mindanao Command ( Wesmincom), said the clash happened

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Police arrest suspect in shooting of barangay watchman

April 2, 2019

Authorities on Monday arrested a suspect in the shooting of barangay watchman in Abra. According to a police report, Jay Echave Villamor of Barangay Poblaccion in the nunicipality of Lagangilang, was walking with a companion when a suspect shot Villamor

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Two arrested for carrying eight kilos of marijuana leaves in Benguet

April 2, 2019

Police arrested two men and seized eight kilos of dried marijuana leaves worth P96,000 in Benguet. Officers from Banaue Municipal Police Station and members of the 1504th Coy, Regional Maneuver Force Battallion-15 on Monday afternoon nabbed two suspects for allegedly

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SC orders gov’t to submit records on drug war killings

April 2, 2019

The Supreme Court ordered the government to submit the Philippine National Police ( PNP) records on killings for resolution of writ of amparo cases against the administration’s war on illegal drugs. During its summer en banc session in Baguio City,

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Crop damage due to El Nino breaches P5 billion

April 2, 2019

Damage caused by El Nino rose to P5.05 billion according to the Department of Agriculture ( DA) Tuesday. In its latest bulletin, the DA Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) Operations Center, the previous estimated crop damage was P4.3 billion. A

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Duterte orders review of all gov’t contracts, including foreign loans

April 2, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the review of all government contracts, including loan agreements with other countries, to ensure that they are not “onerous.” In a press briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte made the directive during

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PNP orders administrative relief of Negros Oriental provincial director, three other officials

April 2, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) ordered on Tuesday the relief of Negros Oriental provincial director and three other chiefs of police. “I have ordered today the administrative relief of the Provincial Director of Negros Oriental, Police Colonel Raul Tacaca

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Duterte says Abuel to be DBM acting secretary

April 2, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Officer-in-Charge Janet Abuel would be the acting secretary. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte announced this during the 36th Cabinet meeting in Malacanang on Monday night. “Yesterday

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