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House to resume budget session Tuesday

August 27, 2018

The House committee on appropriations will resume the budget hearings Tuesday afternoon with the presentations of the departments of Trade and Industry (DTI) and on Education (DepEd) following the three-week budget deadlock. Congress resumes session Tuesday after a 12-day recess. On August

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Palace: De Castro’s appointment as CJ not a “reward” from Duterte

August 26, 2018

Malacanang on Sunday defended the appointment of Associate Justice Teresita de Castro as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. “It’s nonsense,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement in reaction to the statement of some critics that

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PNP says sorry for wrong crime statistics

August 26, 2018

Philippine National Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Benigno Durana Jr. has apologized for the wrong information about the statistics on the country’s crime rate. This was after PNP chief Oscar Albayalde included Naga City in the top five cities with the

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Coast Guard confiscates 22K bags of smuggled rice off Basilan

August 26, 2018

The Philippine Coast Guard has seized 22,000 bags of smuggled rice from two vessels in the waters off Basilan. In a statement released on Sunday, the PCG said its personnel chanced upon M/L Overseas while on maritime patrol near Tamuk

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Duterte orders soldiers to “destroy, kill” terrorists

August 26, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to “destroy and kill” Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorists who only believe in a “bankrupt ideology”. He made the order during his visit to wounded troops at Camp Teodulfo Bautista headquarters in Jolo,

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DENR stands pat on STP requirement

August 26, 2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) stands pat on its decision requiring establishments in Boracay to put up sewerage treatment plants (STPs), either individually or in cluster, to ensure that all wastewater have undergone appropriate treatment prior to

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Palace on Alejano’s ‘misinformation’ about Duterte’s health: In aid of election

August 26, 2018

Malacanang slammed on Sunday Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano for saying that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was “very ill.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Alejano’s attack on Duterte’s health was in aid of the upcoming midterm elections

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Davao City records highest rape cases in Q2 – PNP

August 26, 2018

Davao City has the highest number of rape cases among the major cities in the country during the second quarter of this year, according to the Philippine National Police. PNP- Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management said 42 rape cases

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