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Alleged NPA members burn heavy equipment in Cagayan

March 2, 2019

Alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) torched heavy equipment owned by a construction company in Cagayan last Thursday. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, spokesman of the Philippine Army, said based on initial report the heavy equipment owned by Camia

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Majority of Filipinos worried about being victims of EJK: SWS survey

March 2, 2019

Majority of Filipinos are worried of becoming victims of ‘extrajudicial killings’ or EJK, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found. In the fourth quarter 2018 survey conducted on December 16 to 19 which was issued Friday, 78 percent of adult

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Six die in Negros Oriental road accident

March 2, 2019

Six persons, of which five are students, died while nine were injured in a road mishap in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental on Friday morning. Capt. Danilo Santillan, Zamboanguita police chief, said the incident occurred at the National Highway in Barangay Mayabon,

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DFA to exhaust all means to save Filipina from death sentence in Saudi Arabia

March 1, 2019

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will exhaust all diplomatic avenues and legal remedies to save a Filipina after the Saudi Court of Appeals affirmed her death sentence on Thursday. The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah said it will continue

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14 hurt as elevator descends quickly in Makati building

March 1, 2019

Fourteen persons were brought to a hospital after an elevator in a Makati building hurtled downward from the 47th floor to the ground floor Thursday night, police said Friday.  In a police report, Glen Catan, an officer-in-charge for security at

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”Betty” weakens into low pressure area

March 1, 2019

Tropical Depression”Betty” has weakened into a low-pressure area a few  hours after it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Friday.  “Betty,” whose international name was “Wutip,” entered the Philippine Area

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One Abu Sayyaf member killed, two others arrested in Sulu

March 1, 2019

A member of the Abu Sayyaf was killed while two were apprehended during an encounter and a follow-up operation in Sulu early this week. Rear Admiral Rene Medina, commander of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao, said a still-unidentified member of

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DOJ indicts Garin, 19 others over alleged Dengvaxia-linked deaths

March 1, 2019

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the indictment of former Health Secretary Janette Garin and 19 others for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide over deaths of eight children allegedly after being inoculated by Dengvaxia vaccine. In a statement, the

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