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Cop shot dead in parking space of Napolcom

June 14, 2018

A policeman was shot dead at the parking space of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) building in Jupiter Street, Makati Thursday. PO2 Teejay Valdez, who is assigned in Marikina, came from a hearing at the Napolcom and was about to

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Cop arrested for allegedly collecting protection money from UV Express, motorbike drivers

June 14, 2018

A policeman was arrested in an entrapment operation in Pasig City on Thursday morning. Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Counter Intelligence Task Force, said the arrested policeman was SPO1 Adonis Corpuz, assigned at Traffic Management

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Police arrest two Chinese for alleged illegal detention in Paranaque

June 14, 2018

Two Chinese nationals were arrested for alleged illegal detention of a tourist in Paranaque City on Thursday. Chief Supt. Tomas Apolinario Jr., Southern Police District director, said the arrested Chinese national were Xiong Tao, 31 and Liao Yifei, 28, both billeted at Solaire

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Duterte orders cops to stop Kadamay from occupying gov’t housing projects again

June 14, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to use the full force of the law to prevent members of the militant urban poor organization from forcibly occupying again government housing projects. This was after some 500 members

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TUCP asks NCR wage board for P320 minimum wage hike for workers

June 14, 2018

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)  Thursday asked the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – National Capital Region to grant an additional P320 across-the-board minimum wage increase for private sector workers in Metro Manila. In its petition,

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Haneda signed and exchanged notes for project to improving flood forecasting and warning system for Cagayan de Oro river basin and grant aid for human resource development scholarship

June 14, 2018

Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter  Cayetano signed and exchanged notes on the project for improving flood forecasting and warning system for Cagayan de Oro basin and on the Japanese grant aid for human resource development scholarship (JDS)

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Duterte cites need to collect taxes for “ambitious projects”

June 13, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte underscored on Wednesday the need to collect taxes to fund the “many ambitious projects,” including free higher education, of his administration. Duterte made the statement during the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the Commission on Higher Education,

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Philippines refuses to file another case, seek damages from China for reefs’ destruction in Scarborough

June 13, 2018

The Philippines will not file another case against China and demand damages over the Chinese fishermen’s destruction of coral reefs in Scarborough, saying this will “reverse the diplomatic gains” between the two countries. Presidential Spokesperson Harry was reacting to the

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