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Puerto Princesa barangay captain arrested for illegal drugs, firearm possession

June 26, 2018

Puerto Princesa police on Tuesday arrested Pagkakaisa barangay captain Angelito Arriesgado, 50, an alleged high value drug target at the suspect’s home. Joint personnel of the Puerto Princesa city’s police drug enforcement unit and Anti-Crime Task Force of the city conducted a

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Palace to dialogue with Church amid Duterte’s attack

June 26, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has formed a three-man group to dialogue with the different religious groups, including the Catholic Church, amid his attack on them. This as Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque expressed the belief that Duterte would not lose support from

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DILG, DND to conduct inquiry on alleged Samar misencounter

June 26, 2018

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) is set to conduct a joint inquiry on the alleged misencounter between the Philippine Army troops and police operatives in Samar province last Monday. “This

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Duterte orders cops to “arrest” minors loitering the streets

June 26, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to “arrest” the minors who have been loitering on the streets. “Below 18, you arrest the teenagers there around loitering because we have to protect our children,” Duterte said in a

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Duterte says prostitutes not arrested in Davao City

June 26, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has said he allowed prostitution in Davao City when he was still its mayor. In a speech in Cagayan de Oro City during the oath-taking of newly-elected barangay captains in Region X on Monday, Duterte said no prostitutes

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Military, police probing misencounter in Samar where six cops died

June 26, 2018

The military and the police are investigating the death of six policemen during an apparent misencounter with soldiers in Samar on Monday. Major General Raul Farnacio, commander of 8th Infantry Division where the soldiers belonged, said a joint thorough and impartial

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Duterte invokes freedom to choose what he believes in

June 25, 2018

Despite criticisms for his remark, calling God as “stupid,” President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that it is his freedom to choose on whether or not he believes in God. In a speech in Cagayan de Oro City during the oath taking

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Ombudsman indicts ex-transport sec Abaya, 16 others over MRT maintenance contract

June 25, 2018

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales found probable cause to charge former Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and 16 others for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act over the anomalous MRT3 maintenance contract. Also facing charges are DOTr Undersecretaries Edwin

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