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Duterte signs HIV/AIDS Policy Act

January 9, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that strengthens policies to prevent the spread of  Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) and provide proper care for those who have been inflicted. Duterte inked the Philippine

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Cop, three family members die in Marikina fire

January 9, 2019

A policeman and three family members died in a fire which gutted their house in Marikina City Wednesday morning. Dead were Police Officer 3 Romar Sumait, 27, his wife Glendolly Rose, 27, and their children Kaizer Lee, 6, and Kenzie Faye,

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Repair of PN flagship may not be completed until end-2019

January 9, 2019

The repair of the Philippine Navy flagship BRP Gregorio Del Pilar , which ran aground off Hasa-Hasa Shoal last year, may not be completed until the end of 2019. In an interview with reporters after the New Year’s Call in

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Stock index ends near 8,000-point mark

January 9, 2019

The local stock index closed near the 8,000-point level as foreign buying stretched into its fifth day on Wednesday. The peso finished at P52.345 against the US dollar from P52.47 on Tuesday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the

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More sources of cheaper rice with tariffication: NEDA

January 9, 2019

Immediate enactment into law of the rice tariffication bill is fundamental in the government’s efforts to stabilize food prices and overall inflation rate, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Wednesday. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said through rice

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Duterte jokes to kidnap, torture state auditors

January 9, 2019

In what could be another joke, President Rodrigo Duterte said it could be better to kidnap and torture the auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA). Duterte made the remarks during a gathering of local officials in Pasay City on

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Militiaman killed by Sparu unit in Negros Oriental

January 9, 2019

A militiaman was killed by members of New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Oriental last Sunday a military official said Wednesday. Major Abel Potutan, acting public information officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Central Command,  said the

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180,000 devotees in Black Nazarene procession: PNP

January 9, 2019

Police said Wednesday around 180,000 devotees were at the C. Palanca-Villalobos area as the procession of the Black Nazarene heads toward Arlegui-Pateros street. Some 20,000 devotees were at the tail-end of the procession in Plaza Lacson, police added. Around 80,000

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