Police say Japanese restaurant was not robbed last Monday

February 15, 2019

National Capital Region Police Director Guillermo Eleazar on Friday belied reports a Japanese restaurant in Quezon City was held up last February 11. Eleazar denounced the post circulating in social media about an alleged robbery at Nomiya Izakaya Japanese restaurant

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Palace says it’s Maria Ressa who is abusing ”power as journalist”

February 15, 2019

Malacanang said on Friday that Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is the one abusing her ”power as a journalist”. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Ressa, who was detained overnight at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters after she

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Sumitomo Mitsui promises on-time construction of facilities in train project

February 15, 2019

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd. (SMCC) on Friday promised on-time construction with best quality of the three stations, as well as the viaduct and embankment that they will build under the North- South Commuter Railway Project. The SMCC will construct

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Ground broken for Japanese-funded 38-km PNR Clark Phase-1

February 15, 2019

The Department of Transportation on Friday formally started construction of the 38-kilometer Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 from Tutuban to Malolos. In a ground-breaking ceremony led by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade in Malolos, he said with this project,

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NPAs free six of 12 militiamen in Agusan del Sur

February 15, 2019

The New People’s Army (NPA) released six of the 12 militiamen they have abducted in Agusan del Sur last year but continued to hold on to the two soldiers. Major General Felimon Santos, chief of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said

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Personal remittances set new record in December 2018; full-year level highest to date 

February 15, 2019

Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) registered a new record high of $3.2 billion in December 2018, higher by 3.6 percent compared to the level posted in the same month last year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla,

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Duterte to slap ex-Senator Tatad over kidney transplant claim

February 15, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to slap the face of  former Senator Francisco Tatad if he sees him. This was after Tatad, in his newspaper column, citing anonymous sources, claimed that Duterte underwent a successful kidney transplant on January 29

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Five Filipinos reported missing after fishing vessel caught fire off Falklands: DFA

February 15, 2019

Five Filipino seafarers were reported missing after a 69-man Taiwanese fishing vessel caught fire off Falkland Islands last Feb 11, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. ‘The Department of Foreign Affairs  remains hopeful that five Filipino seafarers reported

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