Duterte blames delay in Build, Build, Build on lack of workers

February 15, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has partly blamed the delay in the implementation of major infrastructure projects on lack of workers. In a speech in Bulacan on Thursday night, Duterte acknowledged that the Philippines has been running out of skilled workers because

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Duterte denies involvement on Maria Ressa’s arrest

February 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte denied on Thursday that he had a hand in the arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. In an interview in Bulacan after the proclamation and kick-off rally of PDP-Laban, Duterte s aid he did not know the complainant

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Alleged NPA killed, two others hurt in encounter with military in Laguna

February 14, 2019

An alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while two were wounded in an encounter with government troops in Laguna on Thursday. Brigadier General Arnulfo Burgos Jr., commander of the 202nd Brigade, said the encounter happened at Sitio

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Duterte endorses 11 senatorial bets for May polls

February 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed on Thursday his 11 senatorial bets for the May midterm elections. Duterte graced the proclamation and kick-off rally of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), his political party, in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. He raised

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95 towns, cities within Manila Bay watershed do not follow environmental laws: DILG

February 14, 2019

A total of 95 towns and cities within the Manila Bay watershed area do not follow environmental laws, the Department  of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday. DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano said this is 53 percent of the 178 local

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Dozens of unlicensed firearms in Maguindanao turned over to gov’t forces

February 14, 2019

Dozens of unlicensed firearms from a home in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province were surrendered to government forces Thursday morning. Major Arvin Encinas,  spokesman of the 6th Infantry Division, said a total of 26 high and low-powered firearms were turned over to the troops

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PDEA confiscates P244m worth of shabu in Dasmarinas, Cavite

February 14, 2019

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday confiscated P244 million worth of shabu in a house at Dasmarinas, Cavite. The serving of a search warrant was led by PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino where operatives

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63 North Cotabato barangays joining new Bangsamoro region: Comelec

February 14, 2019

Sixty-three of 67 barangays in North Cotabato voted to join the newly-formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), while all six towns from Lanao del Norte will stay in Northern Mindanao. The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the

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