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Panelo assumes post as presidential spokesman

October 12, 2018

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo conducted on Friday his first briefing as the new presidential spokesperson. Panelo, 74, replaced Harry Roque, whose resignation was not clear as he is still in China attending a conference. According to Panelo, his

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Lorenzana says plot to oust Duterte “fizzled out”

October 12, 2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has snuffed out a s0-called  Red October plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In an ambush interview with reporters Friday in Quezon City, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said: “It’s no longer existent. It fizzled

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UN official calls on international community to support displaced people in Marawi

October 12, 2018

COTABATO– A United Nations official urged the international community to support the central government’s effort to help people displaced by last year’s siege by Islamic State linked militants in Marawi City. Ursula Mueller, the United Nations deputy humanitarian chief, visited

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Duterte said urgency drove him to import rice

October 12, 2018

DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the urgency to ensure supply of rice drove him to order importation of rice in the middle of the harvest month. He took to task Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol to work

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Dela Rosa quits BuCor, runs for senator

October 12, 2018

Former Philippine National Police chief Ronald  dela Rosa said he will push for reviving the death penalty if he is elected senator in the May 2019 polls. Interviewed by reporters after filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Friday, dela

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Group opposes bid of Philippines, Eritrea for UN Human Rights Council slots

October 12, 2018

United Nations member countries should oppose the candidacies of the Philippines and Eritrea for the Human Rights Council because of their egregious human rights records, Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday from New York. On October 12, the UN General Assembly will vote to fill one-third

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HIV cases surpass 1,000 for the second time in 2018: DOH

October 12, 2018

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases surpassed 1,000 for the second time this year after 1,047 HIV cases were recorded last August, according to the HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines (HARP) of the Department of Health (DOH). In January, HIV cases were

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Senator Binay seeks re-election, says Makati mayoralty issue to be decided

October 12, 2018

Senator Nancy Binay filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections ( Comelec) Friday morning to seek re-election in the May 2019 midterm polls. Speaking to reporters after filing her COC, Binay said :”I feel that my

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