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Six cops dead in alleged misencounter with Army in Samar

June 25, 2018

Six policemen died and nine were wounded in a 20-minute firefight allegedly with Army soldiers Monday in Sta. Rita, Samar. Killed were Po1 Wyndell Nodromor, PO1 Edwin Ebrado, PO1 Phil Rep Mendigo, Po1 Julius Suarez, PO1 Rowell Reyes and PO1

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器 -Utsuwa- performed live at TIU theater

June 25, 2018

Wadaiko (Japanese drums) group 器 -Utsuwa- performed live in Makati City on Sunday, 24 June 2018. The performance marked the near completion of the new TIU Theater, now located at the 2nd floor of Makati Square in Chino Roces Avenue.

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Military says NPAs “losing strength”

June 25, 2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the New People’s Army (NPA) is now “losing strength”. “They are on the losing strength, they are losing,” Col. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesman said on Monday. Arevalo emphasized that based on their record

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Palace defends Duterte over “blasphemous” words vs God

June 25, 2018

Malacanang defended on Monday President Rodrigo Duterte over his “blasphemous” statements against God. In a press briefing in Cagayan de Oro City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte was just expressing his “personal belief.” “Individuals are entitled to their personal

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Motorbike-riding suspects shoot two dead in Rizal

June 25, 2018

Two persons were killed in a shooting incident in Rizal province on Sunday night. Supt. Chitadel Carandang Gaoiran, public information chief of Calabarzon regional police,  said the identified the victims were Ramon Ramos, 52, and Antonio Diaz, 47. Gaoiran said based on initial report the

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Aquino first to “militarize” South China Sea, Palace says

June 25, 2018

Malacanang blamed on Monday former President Benigno Aquino III for “militarization” in the South China Sea. In a press briefing in Cagayan de Oro, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said China now controls Scarborough or Panatag Shoal after Aquino sent a Navy ship to

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Cops figure in at least half of deaths in Duterte’s war on drugs with many slain from poor communities, Ateneo research says

June 25, 2018

A little over 50 percent of the drug-related killings in the country were allegedly perpetrated by the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), according to a study by the Ateneo Policy Center. In a research entitled “The Philippine Government’s

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PN ship to Rimpac holds exercises with other navies at sea

June 25, 2018

The Philippine Navy (PN) conducted formation and communication exercises with foreign navies as they sail to Hawaii to join the Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) 2018 exercise. Commander Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesman, said Monday BRP Davao Del Sur and

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