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Barangay captain in Lipa shot dead

December 29, 2018

A barangay captain in Lipa City was shot dead while watching a cockfight Friday evening. According to Lipa City police, Marlon Luancing, barangay captain and concurrent Lipa City Association of Barangay Captains president, was inside the Lipa Games and Amusement Complex in

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Duterte administration “determined” to win war vs poverty

December 29, 2018

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said at the Urban Poor Solidarity Week Program of the Presidential Commission of the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Saturday the Duterte administration is “determined” to triumph the war against poverty. He said President Rodrigo Duterte “will fight

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Palace welcomes Duterte’s high SWS survey rating

December 29, 2018

Malacanang welcomed the results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, saying it ”puts a lie to critics and detractors who find nothing good” on how President Rodrigo Duterte runs the government. ” The support of the Filipinos for our

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AFP, PNP deputized by Comelec for 2019 BOL plebiscite, May elections

December 29, 2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been tasked by the Commission on Elections to ensure an orderly Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in January 2019 and the national mid-term elections five months

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No damage reported as 7.2 magnitude quake hits Davao, tsunami advisory lifted

December 29, 2018

DAVAO CITY – A strong tremor shook eastern Mindanao at noon Saturday and sent an initial tsunami alert over southern coasts which was later lifted by the Philippine  Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Measured at 7.2 magnitude at 169 kilometers

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Phivolcs lifts tsunami advisory

December 29, 2018

The Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lifted a tsunami warning Saturday afternoon after  magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental.    As of 3 pm, tsunami warning in Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Compostella

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3 found dead in Legazpi City landslide: PNP

December 29, 2018

Three persons were found dead by police after a landslide, spawned by rains caused by tropical depression “Usman”  struck their home in Legazpi City Saturday morning. In a report by the Philippine National Police Bicol regional office, police responded to

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Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Davao Oriental, Phivolcs issues tsunami advisory

December 29, 2018

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental 11:39 am Saturday, with the  Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) issuing a tsunami advisory two hours later along coastal areas.  Phivolcs said minor sea level disturbances such as “strong currents and

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