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DOTr says 170K old jeepney units to be scrapped

September 19, 2018

Some 170,000 old jeepney units in the Philippines will be discarded as part of the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program in exchange for up to P30,000, the Department of Transportation ( DOtr) said on Tuesday. In an interview in Malacanang,

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Itogon mayor hopes for survivors in buried bunkhouse

September 19, 2018

The mayor of a mining town in Benguet where at least 60 persons are buried when their bunkhouse was struck by a landslide said he is hoping there will be survivors as rescuers paused Wednesday night. ” There were cats

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Roque tells Roxas to “shut up”

September 19, 2018

Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas should better shut up, a Palace official said on Wednesday This was after Roxas asked for a political ceasefire and urged President Rodrigo Duterte to address first the high prices of rice. In

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Seven soldiers wounded in landmine explosion in Agusan del Norte

September 19, 2018

Seven soldiers were wounded in a landmine explosion in Agusan del Norte on Tuesday afternoon, a military spokesman said Wednesday. 1Lt. Tere Ingente of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division said: “The casualties suffered minor bruises from the shrapnel of the landmine and were

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US to provide assistance to areas hit by typhoon; extends 1,000 metric tons of food for disaster-affected families

September 19, 2018

The United States on Wednesday pledged to provide assistance to the Philippine government response efforts in areas devastated by Typhoon Ompong. In a statement released by the US Embassy in the Manila, the US government through the US Agency for

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De Lima lauds court ruling vs Palparan

September 19, 2018

Opposition Senator Leila de Lima welcomed the local court’s decision convicting retired army general Jovito Palparan for kidnapping and serious illegal detention of two students from the University of the Philippines (UP) in 2006. In a statement Wednesday, De Lima

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Senator says history textbooks still not covering martial law period thoroughly

September 19, 2018

Two textbooks being used in schools allegedly do not cover the martial law years during the time of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Senator Risa Hontiveros said in a hearing on the Department of Education (DepEd) budget Wednesday. Hontiveros said

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Police find no explosives at UST campus

September 19, 2018

Manila police on Wednesday dismissed a bomb threat at the University of Santo Tomas which was reported to them by a first year medicine student. A report by the Manila Police District’s Explosives and Ordnance Division said there no such

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