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Duterte to go to Boracay only when he distributes land to natives

October 14, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday that he would only go to Boracay in Malay, Aklan when he could already distribute the land to the indigenous people in the island. In a speech in a hotel in Manila, Duterte said

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DOT chief to tourists: Book only with accredited establishments in Boracay

October 14, 2018

Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat warned on Sunday the tourists to only book with the accredited establishments as the government holds Monday a dry run for the reopening of Boracay island in Aklan. Puyat, in a television interview, said

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Albayalde concerned over poll-related killings

October 14, 2018

Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde has expressed concern over the series of election-related killings. But the PNP chief said the public should not be alarmed as the law enforcers have been doing everything to prevent similar incidents

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Gunman shoots dead Masbate town councilor

October 14, 2018

A municipal councilor was killed while his son was wounded in an attack by an unidentified gunman in Masbate last Saturday. Placer Municipal Police identified the victims as Antonio de Ocampo, and his son, Michael Angelo de Ocampo, both residents

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4 female Reds nabbed while recruiting members in Nueva Ecija – military

October 14, 2018

Four female alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were arrested in Nueva Ecija last Saturday. First Lieutenant Catherine Hapin, chief of the Public Affairs Office of Army’s 7th Infantry Division (7ID), identified the rebels

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UN Human rights seat “repudiation of the critics” on Duterte’s war on drugs: Panelo

October 13, 2018

The Philippines’ election in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) shows it recognizes the country’s efforts in protecting human rights and no tolerance of abuses, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman  said Saturday. Salvador Panelo, also chief presidential legal counsel,  said

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Pasig court sentences 3 Chinese, 3 Filipinos to life imprisonment for 2016 drug case

October 13, 2018

A Pasig court on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment three Chinese  and three Filipinos involved in the manufacture and transportation of nearly 800 kilos of shabu in San Juan City in 2016. The Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 264 handed

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Evangelista named new PMA superintendent

October 13, 2018

Major General Ronnie Evangelista assumed his position as acting superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy ( PMA) in a ceremony last Friday at Fort Gregorio del Pilar, Baguio City. Evangelista replaced  Lieutenant General Donato San Juan II, who retires from the

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