DILG implements Ombudsman’s suspension order on Catanduanes governor

January 12, 2019

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered the suspension of Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua on Friday and designated the vice governor as acting provincial governor, in compliance with a directive from the Office of the Ombudsman. DILG

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Father, daughter die in Albay fire

January 12, 2019

A father and his daughter died in a fire that ravaged their house in Albay Friday morning.    According to report by Guinobatan Municipal Police Station, fatalities were identified as Agusto Duque, 42 and Bea Mae Duque, 11.   Police

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Lorenzana welcomes law raising pension for senior Filipino war veterans

January 12, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana welcomes the passage of a law increasing monthly old-age pension for senior Filipino war veterans. “The Department of National Defense welcomes the passage of RA 11164 increasing the old age pension of World War II, Korean

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ACT partylist official says he received death threat

January 11, 2019

ACT (Alliance of Concerned Teachers) Partylist secretary general Raymond Basilio on Friday said he received a call threatening to hunt and kill him. A report from the ACT Partylist  said Basilio received a call around 2pm from a certain Gary

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Duterte keeps high approval, trust ratings: Pulse Asia

January 11, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte remained the Filipinos’ most trusted public official, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey released Friday. The survey, conducted last December 14 to 21 with a sample size of 1,800 adults nationwide,  showed Duterte’s approval rating was

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President can assume jurisdiction at any stage cases being probed by PACC under amended EO

January 11, 2019

The Office of the President could take over investigation being conducted by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission against government appointees. This was contained in Executive Order No. 73, amending EO NO. 43, creating the PACC. The new EO, which President Rodrigo

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Lorenzana hopes communist insurgency will be reduced to ” a simple peace and order problem”

January 11, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday the military may not be able to end the communist insurgency within the next three years, but they will be able to reduce them into “a simple peace and order problem.”. “We’ll see. Too

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Soldier wounded as NPAs harrass patrol base in Negros Occidental

January 11, 2019

A soldier was wounded after members of New People’s Army (NPA) harassed a patrol base in Negros Occidental on Thursday, a military official said. Col. Benedict Arevalo, Army’s 303rd Brigade commander, said the temporary patrol base under the 62ndInfantry Battalion in

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