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Construction starts for second Navy frigate

September 19, 2018

The steel cutting for the second frigate of the Philippine Navy (PN) was held in South Korea last Monday, a Philippine Navy spokesman said Wednesday. Commander Jonathan Zata, citing Captain Sergio Bartolome, the Navy representative supervising the frigate construction project,

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Typhoon deaths rise to 81, missing at 70: PNP

September 19, 2018

The Philippine National Police said Wednesday the death toll from Typhoon Ompong climbed to 81 from 74 in the previous day, with 66 of the casualties recorded in the Cordillera Administrative Region where a landslide hit a bunkhouse in Itogon.

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Duterte sees NPA problem over by Q2 next year

September 19, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday the problem with communist rebels could be over by the second quarter of 2019. Duterte made the statement during his visit at Camp Melchor F. Dela Cruz, Brgy. Upi, Gamu, Isabela. “I think that with God’s

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House committee of the whole votes to distribute P51.9b to more legislative districts

September 18, 2018

The House of Representatives’convened into a committee of the whole and realigned for fair and  distribution the alleged P52-billion insertions under the 2019 proposed P3.757-trillion national budget. With an overwhelming vote Tuesday, House Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., presiding

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At least 74 dead, damage tops P14 billion due to Ompong

September 18, 2018

Deaths from Typhoon Ompong went up to at least 74, majority in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), while damage to agriculture was recorded at more than P14 billion, officials said Tuesday. A consolidated partial report of the Philippine National Police

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Gov’t to undertake rehabilitation of mining sites in areas affected by Ompong

September 18, 2018

The government will push for the rehabilitation of mining sites in northern Luzon where massive landslides took place when Typhoon Ompong hit the country over the weekend, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said

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Alleged gang member killed in Zamboanga Sibugay buy-bust operation

September 18, 2018

An alleged criminal gang member was killed while a minor was arrested in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga Sibugay on Monday night. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, public information chief of the Zamboanga regional police, said the slain suspect was

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Palace calls as sham Duterte’s trial before a “global court”

September 18, 2018

Malacanang called on Tuesday as a “sham” the supposed trial by a Brussels-based “global court” against President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged human rights violations. According to leftist groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Karapatan, a certain Sultan Hamidullah

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