Senator Pimentel first to file candidacy in Comelec

October 11, 2018

Senator Koko Pimentel III became the first one to file a Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for senator as he seeks to be re-elected in the May 2019 national and local elections. The filing of certificates of candidacies for senators started

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House panel approves changing name of Clark International Airport

October 10, 2018

The House committee on transportation on Wednesday approved the bills reverting the name of Clark International Airport to Diosdado Macapagal International Airport. The panel headed by Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento approved House Bills 2274 and 8289, authored by Reps. Aurelio Gonzales of Pampanga and Rodante

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Philippines intends VFAs with Japan, other ASEAN countries: Lorenzana

October 10, 2018

The Philippines intends to forge a visiting forces agreement (VFA) with Japan and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday. “Of course, because a major part of any military-to-military exercise now includes humanitarian disaster

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Duterte certifies as urgent passage of rice tariffication bill

October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent the passage of rice tariffication bill pending in Congress. In his separate letters to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 10, Duterte sought for the immediate passage

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Duterte off to Indonesia to join other ASEAN leaders

October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte left for Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday night to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Leaders’ Gathering. Duterte left at 6:17pm via Awang Airport in Maguindanao. He did not deliver a departure speech. Prior to his departure,

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Philippines trade gap in August slightly down to $3.51 billion

October 10, 2018

The Philippines’ trade deficit in August went down slightly to P3.51 billion from July’s P3.55 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Wednesday. Exports reached $6.16 billion while imports amounted to $9.68 billion. Electronic products continued to be the country’s top export

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Michael Yang not his economic adviser, Duterte says

October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte denied that Davao City-based businessman Michael Yang is his economic adviser. This was after reports came out, saying Yang was Duterte’s adviser. “Cannot be because he’s a Chinese,” Duterte said in a press conference in Malacanang on

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Duterte names Hernando associate justice of Supreme Court

October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday has appointed Court of Appeals Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando to the Supreme Court. The 52-year-old Hernando, who also graduated from the San Beda law school like Duterte, became the High Tribunal’s newest associate justice.

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