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Nine persons die in Pasay fire

February 7, 2019

Nine people died after a fire razed their house in Pasay City early Thursday morning. A report from Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire started around 2 am on the ground floor of a house owned by one of

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Gov’t eyes 6 million Filipinos to register under national ID system starting September

February 7, 2019

The government is eyeing the registration of six million Filipinos to be registered under the National Identification System starting September this year, Malacanang said on Thursday. During the Cabinet meeting, which President Rodrigo Duterte presided over on Wednesday night in

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US report believes Sawadjaan is acting ISIS emir in Philippines

February 6, 2019

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) believes Abu Sayyaf leader Hatib Sawadjaan serves as acting emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Philippines. According to the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General report to the United

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Senate affirms Mislatel change of ownership

February 6, 2019

The Senate concurred with a House resolution on Wednesday  formalizing the sale of the controlling interest of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company (Mislatel) to a consortium of businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp. and Chelsea Holdings Corp. and the state-run China Telecommunications

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Eleazar says police still evaluating whether to declare poll hotspots in NCR

February 6, 2019

National Capital Region Police Director Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday said they are still evaluating if there is a need to declare election hot spots in Metro Manila. “As of now, we don’t see any hot spots but we are evaluating. Like

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Magnitude 5.5 quake reported in Aguilar, Pangasinan

February 6, 2019

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck at 6:25 pm in Aguilar, Pangasinan, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Wednesday. There no reports of damage, Phivolcs said. The epicenter of the quake, which was tectonic, was

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Palace vows to ignore De Lima

February 6, 2019

Malacanang vowed on Wednesday to ignore any statement of detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima, whom it called as “disgruntled and failed politician.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after De Lima, from her detention in Camp Crame, wondered

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Palace on House recommendation to charge Aquino, et al: Let legal process take its course

February 6, 2019

Malacañang assured on Wednesday that the Department of Justice will do its job to determine if there will be probable cause to indict former government officials, including then President Benigno Aquino III, over the anti-dengue vaccine controversy. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador

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