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$82.9m worth of investment pledges inked during Duterte’s Israel trip

September 5, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte had witnessed the signing of 21 business agreements with an estimated value of $82.9 million during his four-day official visit to Israel. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said three memoranda of agreements, 11 memoranda of understanding,

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Cebu town mayor said to be in Duterte drug list killed inside office

September 5, 2018

A town mayor in Cebu who is said to be the government’s list of local politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs was shot dead inside the municipal hall early Wednesday. Supt. Reyman Tolentin, Central Visayas regional police spokesman, said Ronda Mayor

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DBCC may lower GDP growth target; revise upward inflation forecast for 2018, says Diokno

September 5, 2018

The government may lower its economic growth target and revise its inflation assumption higher for this year, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday. In an interview following his regular weekly forum in Pasig City, the Department of Budget and

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Deputy police commander in Libertad killed in Pasay

September 5, 2018

A police officer was killed in Pasay City on Tuesday afternoon. Supt. Jenny Tecson, public information officer of the Southern Police District (SPD),  said the victim was Police Inspector Allan Ortega, 47, a resident of no. 333 Tramo Riverside, Brgy 156 Zone 16, Pasay City.

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Inflation surges to a nine-year high of 6.4% in August

September 5, 2018

Philippine inflation soared to new nine-year high of 6.4 percent in August, surpassing the Department of Finance’s 5.9 percent forecast, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Wednesday. In the previous month, inflation was posted at 5.7 percent and in  August

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Cebu town mayor shot dead inside office

September 5, 2018

A Cebu town mayor who is said to be in the government’s list of local politicians involved in illegal drugs was shot dead inside his office Wednesday morning, police said, In preliminary report, watchmen of Ronda municipality told police they

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July employment rate up, but jobless youths and underemployment high

September 5, 2018

The employment rate improved slightly to 94.6 percent in July from 94.4 percent during the same period last year but the number of youths without jobs and underemployment continued to rise, the Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority

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One drug suspect killed, two arrested in Sultan Kudarat

September 4, 2018

One drug suspect was killed while two others were arrested in a law enforcement operation in Sultan Kudarat early Tuesday. Capt. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the fatality was Emar Jhon Kasim Samadalan and the arrested suspects

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