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MWSS vows to solve water problem within 150 days

March 17, 2019

Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Administrator Reynaldo Velasco on Friday assured that they would solve the water problem in some parts of Metro Manila within 150 days. “In compliance to the marching orders of President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the

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Filipinos may get over 100,000 Japan jobs – Bello

March 17, 2019

Filipino workers may share more than a third of the 350,000 available jobs that Japan will open to foreign nationals with the effectivity next month of a law allowing new residence status to foreign workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III

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Duterte skips Davao City events

March 15, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte failed on Friday to appear on his two public engagements in Davao City. Duterte was supposed to lead the distribution of Certificate of Land Ownership Award and turnover of common service facilities to agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations

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Manila Water says supply back in several areas in Mandaluyong

March 15, 2019

Manila Water on Friday announced several areas of Mandaluyong received water after four days. In their official Twitter account, Manila Water said these are Barangay Mauway, Barangay Hulo, Barangay Plainview, Barangay Malamig.  Dittie Galang, communications manager of Manila Water, said

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MWSS says Duterte’s order to release 150 days of water from Angat needs clarification

March 15, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to release 150 days worth of water from Angat Dam needs to be clarified since it can be measured through million liters per day (MLD), the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said Friday. Presidential Spokesperson

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Japanese murder suspect arrested in Quezon City

March 15, 2019

A Japanese suspected of murder was arrested in Quezon City Friday morning after police tracked him through social media. Superintendent Tomas Ibay, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group- National Capital Region Field Unit said

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285,000 residents in Quezon City affected by water shortage

March 15, 2019

Around 285,000 residents in Quezon City are affected by shortage of water. In a phone interview with The Daily Manila Shimbun, Quezon City’s public information officer Ares Gutierrez said of the 142 barangays, 82 were affected by lack of supply

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Alleged NPAs burn equipment in Bukidnon

March 15, 2019

Alleged members of New People’s Army (NPA) torched civilian properties in Bukidnon on Thursday night. Cpt. Regie Go, public affairs officer of the 4th Infantry Division, said the attackers burned a harvesting equipment and  small backhoe at the plantation area of Davao

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