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Kintanar to head Philippine Coconut Authority

December 20, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte is looking at putting former Air Force chief Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. as the administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).   “There is still no official (statement), it looks like

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Police arrest suspected terrorist in General Santos City

December 20, 2018

Police arrested a suspected member of the Ansar Khalifa Philippines (AKP) Islamic militant group  in Dadiangas East, General Santos City  on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Jamio Sala alias Jamiung, was nabbed by policemen in Barangay Dadiangas East at around 7:30 p.m., according

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Palace assures four convicted Chinese will not get “special treatment”

December 20, 2018

Malacanang assured the public the four Chinese convicted for operating a floating shabu in Subic will not received “special treatment” from authorities.   “We assure the public that no special treatment will be accorded to the four Chinese drug convicts

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Palace says UN rapporteur comments ”reckless”

December 20, 2018

Malacanang on Thursday said United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights defenders Michel Forst’s statement about the administration’s war on illegal drugs is not only “reckless but irresponsible.”   “The recent call of United Nations Special Rapporteur

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Andaya says Diokno should answer alleged anomalies on P75b insertions in 2019 budget

December 20, 2018

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other House leaders did not request for Road Board projects or call for the release of its funds, said Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. Thursday. Andaya said Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno should stop peddling  “fake

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PNP dismayed some cops still involved in illegal activities

December 20, 2018

The head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is dismayed that despite internal cleansing efforts, there are still members of the police organization being arrested for unlawful activities. “It is disappointing that until now there are policemen who are involved in illegal activities,”

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Duterte allows foreign visitors to enter Subic and leave from its piers, wharves

December 20, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order allowing foreign nationals who entered through Subic Bay Freeport Zone to depart from Subic Bay piers and wharves. On Thursday, Malacanang released the signed Executive Order No. 27 dated December 18, amending a

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ICC-CabCom approves fish port, Philippine-Korea projects

December 20, 2018

The National Economic and Development Authority Board – Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved for NEDA Board confirmation, two new projects and changes in two previously-approved projects. The ICC-CabCom also confirmed the rate of return for one Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

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