Palace seeks for immediate passage of 2019 proposed budget

January 8, 2019

Malacanang has urged Congress to immediately pass the proposed P3.757 trillion budget for this year to avoid  adverse effect on the economy and on the delivery of social services. In a statement on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the

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PNP to send additional SAF to Mindanao plebiscite

January 8, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy additional Special Action Force troops in Mindanao in preparation for the plebiscite on January 21. “We will be sending there troops from the SAF and we will be having a send-off on January

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Palace says law now catching up with Trillanes

January 8, 2019

Malacanang said on Tuesday that the law is catching up with opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after a Makati City court upheld its earlier decision to issue a warrant of arrest against him on his rebellion case. While Trillanes has

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Bello to ask Duterte to sack PACC commissioner

January 8, 2019

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is calling for Manuelito Luna’s removal as Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner, pointing out his alleged lack of discretion over an ongoing probe. In a radio interview Tuesday, Bello said he will ask President Rodrigo Duterte

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Philippines issues 10-year US dollar Global Bonds

January 8, 2019

The Philippines returned to the international capital markets by offering $1.5 billion of 10-year Global Bonds, the Bureau of the Treasury said Tuesday. The bond issuance is the first sovereign US dollar bond issuance in 2019. Proceeds will be for

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Lacson to PNP: train profiling, surveillance on ‘expelled’ cops and soldiers, not teachers

January 8, 2019

Instead of teachers’ groups, the Philippine National Police (PNP)  should train profiling and surveillance efforts on dishonorably discharged police and military personnel who have become guns for hire, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday. Lacson, who headed the PNP from 1999

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Lorenzana says ending insurgency within Duterte’s term ”attainable”

January 8, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana admits that government’s objective to end insurgency within this year is not attainable. “We cannot do it this year because that is a big problem. If you will recall, this insurgency has been going on for

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PAL expects deal with potential investor by first half of 2019

January 8, 2019

Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Tuesday said it expects to forge a deal with a strategic investor by first half of 2019 as it expands routes in Asia starting this summer. “We’re targeting first half of the year. We’re  talking to

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