Duterte fires Bacolod City police chief, 4 others over alleged illegal drugs link

January 13, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday sacked the chief of police of Bacolod City and four others for alleged involvement in illegal drugs. Duterte, in a speech, fired Senior Supt. Francisco Ebreo, Bacolod City chief of police; Supt. Richie Makilan Yatar,

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Duterte expressing ”sentiments against some Church leaders who are living in luxury”

January 12, 2019

Malacanang said on Saturday President Rodrigo Duterte was expressing his “sentiments against some Church leaders who are living in luxury, contrary to their teachings,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte was stressing ”the failure of some bishops to empathize with

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Military, police seize improvised bombs, arrest five suspected terrorists in Maguindanao

January 12, 2019

The military and police seized improvised bombs and apprehended five suspected terrorists in a counter-terrorist operation in Maguindanao on Saturday morning. Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc, commander of the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion, said the operation in the area of Damakling village,

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PNP implementing checkpoints, gun ban starting Sunday

January 12, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will implement checkpoints and ban carrying guns outside of residence in different parts of the country starting Sunday until June 12. “In general there will be an intensified conduct of checkpoint operations and there will

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Over 11.5 million Filipinos consider themselves poor: SWS

January 12, 2019

Over 11.6 million Filipinos consider themselves poor, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on Friday. The fourth quarter survey on self-rated poverty conducted last December 16-19 showed 50 percent of families believe they are poor. SWS said the

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Lorenzana backs Duterte’s decision not to bomb NPA camps

January 12, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision not to bomb camps of the New People’s Army (NPA). “The DND (Department of National Defense) fully supports the President’s decision not to employ a purely military solution to

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Bowling coach shot dead in San Juan

January 12, 2019

A bowling coach who won the 1992 World Youth Championship was killed by a gunman  in San Juan City on Friday. Senior Superintendent Dindo Reyes, San Juan police chief, said the victim as Angelo Nathaniel Constantino. The shooting happened at

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DFA requiring persons renewing passports to bring birth certificates

January 12, 2019

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is requiring persons renewing passports to bring a copy of their birth certificate after its outsourced passport maker took all applicants’ data when its contract was not renewed. This came out on Saturday in

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