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Palace says new complaint filed vs Duterte before ICC won’t prosper

August 28, 2018

Malacanang expressed optimism on Tuesday that a new complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC) would not prosper. This was after the families of those killed in Duterte’s war against illegal drugs filed a complaint before the

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New chief justice vows judiciary will be independent

August 28, 2018

Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo – De Castro on Tuesday promised to maintain in the independence of the courts under her tenure as she formally assumed leadership of the Supreme Court. De Castro said she does not see the need for her to

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Five killed in Tondo fire

August 28, 2018

Five minors died while six were injured in a fire in Tondo, Manila on Monday. SFO4 Victor Bag-id, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) officer-on-case said based on initial investigation the fire was started at the higher floor of the three storey

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Palace justifies Duterte’s plan of bringing with him retiring military, police officers to Israel

August 28, 2018

Malacanang sees nothing wrong in giving “gift” to the retiring military and police officers by allowing them to join in President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Israel even if it would entail taxpayers’ money. Duterte, in an interview on Monday, said

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Lorenzana hopes Philippines will be invited to join next Rim of Pacific big naval exercise

August 27, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed hope the Philippines will be invited to join the next Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) exercise two years from now. “We hope that we will be invited again in the future so that we can

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Duterte scorns Alejano over his trip to Israel

August 27, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has scoffed at the allegation of Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano that his trip to Israel next month was due to medical reasons. “If they will operate my brain, that’s better. There’s no problem,” Duterte told reporters

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DND will send technical working groups to examine Russian military equipment

August 27, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said a technical working groups (TWG) of Philippine Navy, Army and Air Force will be sent to Russia to examine the military equipment they offered for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “We will send

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Judiciary has “lackluster” record in disposing of drug cases in 2017: report

August 27, 2018

The judiciary was able to dispose of a slim number of drug cases at the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals  and various trial courts. Based on the 2017 Judicial Annual Report of the Supreme Court, out of 928 drug-related

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