Andal not authorized to do backchannel talks with Reds – Galvez

January 16, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte did not authorize Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) member Avelino “Billy” Andal to conduct backchannel talks with communist rebels, Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez said on Wednesday. In an interview by GMA News to Go,

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SC sets hearing on Andaya petition on pay hike on Jan 22

January 16, 2019

The Supreme Court did not take action on a petition filed by a group of government personnel led by Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya seeking to compel the Department of Budget and Management to release the fourth and final tranche

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PNP says event where balloons were released to made in good faith, but failed to consider environmental effect

January 16, 2019

An event conducted by the Ilocos police office where balloons were used was “made” in good faith though they failed to consider its environmental effect, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Superintendent Benigno Durana Jr. Durana made the

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Duterte to attend send-off for SAF battalion to Cotabato City

January 16, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the send-off ceremony of the additional Special Action Force battalion in Cotabato City on Friday, according to Chief Superintendent Benigno Durana Jr. on Wednesday. “There will be a send-off ceremony in Cotabato this Friday. (It)

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House approves bill on second reading to abolish Road Board

January 16, 2019

The House of Representatives Wednesday approved on second reading a new bill that would abolish the Road Board. Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. led the introduction of the new measure with “perfecting amendments” to the original

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DOH rejects vaping as alternative for tobacco smoking

January 16, 2019

The Department of Health (DOH) warned on Wednesday of the health risk of vaping as alternative to smoking cigarettes. In a press briefing in Malacanang, Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said electronic cigarettes, which produce vape, also contain nicotine and are

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DOH can’t go full blast into studying medical marijuana due to absence of law

January 16, 2019

The Department of Health said on Wednesday that it could not fully conduct its own study on medical marijuana because of the absence of an enabling law. Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, in a press briefing in Malacanang, made the remarks

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Senate sends rice tarrification bill to the Office of the President

January 16, 2019

A measure that will allow unimpeded importation of rice, amending the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996 and replacing the quantitative restriction on rice imports, is now a President’s signature away to become a law. The Senate on Tuesday transmitted to

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