Massacre of 9 Sagay farmers Reds’ grand design to discredit govt, Galvez says

October 25, 2018

The massacre of nine sugar farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental aimed to discredit the government, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, Galvez accused the Communist

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Customs chief Lapena refuses to quit

October 25, 2018

Embattled Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapena has no plan to quit from his job as he has to finish President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders – to stop corruption and to raise more revenue. In a press briefing in

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Duterte tells soldiers: Next time you stage mutiny, don’t surrender power to politicians

October 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has advised the military not to surrender the government to politicians if it would stage a mutiny again. Duterte, in a speech in Malacanang on Wednesday, said if the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine

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Behead me in public, but I can’t do anything about rising oil prices – Duterte

October 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said even if he would be beheaded in public, he could not do anything about the rising prices of oil. In a speech in Malacanang on Wednesday, Duterte said unlike other countries, the Philippines does not have

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Duterte warns foreigners linked to illegal drugs, they can’t leave country alive

October 25, 2018

With the continuous campaign against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte has warned foreigners involved in illegal drugs they could not leave the country alive. This, he said should serve as a notice to the foreign embassies in the Philippines to

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Former customs intel chief to be transferred to NBI

October 25, 2018

Former customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban will be transferred to the National Bureau of Investigation to be a state witness in cases on an alleged P6.8-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra

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Lorenzana dismisses Sison claim blaming NPA for Sagay killing is wrong

October 25, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana dismissed Communist Party of the Philippines ( CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison’s accusation that blaming the New People’s Army (NPA) for the killings of nine sugar farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental last week is baseless.

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Duterte tells PDEA, Customs chiefs “stop blaming each other”

October 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the heads of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) and the Bureau of Customs to refrain from blaming each other over the supposed entry of the P6.8 billion illegal drugs in the country.

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