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Palace defends franchise granted to Villar family telecom firm

October 26, 2018

Malacanang has defended the granting of a franchise to the telecommunications firm owned by the Villar family. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in a press briefing on Thursday, said Streamtech Systems Technologies, Inc. is a corporation. “So we do not know

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Palace says Lapena’s “promotion” to Tesda long been planned

October 26, 2018

Malacanang said on Friday President Rodrigo Duterte had really a plan of “promoting” Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena as head of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). It was just fast-tracked due to the issue at the BOC

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US Secretary of State Pompeo congratulates Locsin in his new post

October 26, 2018

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday congratulated Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on his appointment and assured him of Washington’s commitment to as long-standing alliance.. In a statement, the US State Department said Pompeo spoke to Locsin through

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PNP raises police presence as Boracay reopens

October 26, 2018

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) increased police presence in Boracay as the tourist spot reopened on Friday after the government ordered it cleaned up six months ago. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde, in an ambush interview in Boracay, said

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Navy ship starts sea sub-phase of ASEAN-China drill

October 26, 2018

ZHANJIANG, China – The Philippine Navy’s BRP Dagupan City, with seven participating ships from the host country and ASEAN member countries, started the sea sub-phase of the ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise (ACMEX) 2018. This exercise aims to execute all plans drafted, deliberated and finalized to test

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Duterte names Dureza, Tulfo as his special envoys

October 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza and columnist Ramon Tulfo as his special envoys. In the appointment papers released to the media on Thursday, Duterte named Dureza as his special envoy to the

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Lapena out of Customs; other agency heads in floating status amid shabu shipment controversy

October 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has removed Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena and placed on floating status all executives of the agency amid reported entry of multi-billion peso illegal drugs in the country. Duterte announced this on Thursday during his speech at the

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Ombudsman suspends Malay mayor for six months

October 25, 2018

The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended for six months Malay, Aklan Mayor Ciceron Cawaling in connection  with environmental degradation in Boracay, Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Ano said Thursday. Ano said they received the Ombudsman’s order dated Oct.

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