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DILG starts roadshow on federalism on June 17 in Dumaguete

June 7, 2018

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said in a statement Thursday will be launching the first in a series of regional roadshows on federalism on June 17 in Dumaguete City. Taking off from the three-day launch in Dumaguete, the

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PNP chief Albayalde assures Cardinal Tagle they will uphold human rights

June 6, 2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle they  will uphold human rights and rule of law in the conduct of the war on illegal drugs. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde conveyed this when he paid a

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Laoag vice mayor killed in accident: police

June 6, 2018

Laoag City Vice Mayor Michael Farinas was killed in a vehicular accident Wednesday, police said. Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, Ilocos region police director, said Farinas was driving a Mercedes Benz along a bypass road in Barangay 55-C Vira around 5:45

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June 15 declared as holiday for Feast of Ramadan

June 6, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared June 15 as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eidl’l Fitr or Feast of Ramadan. Duterte signed on Wednesday the Proclamation No. 514 declaring the holiday, Special Assistant to the President Christopher

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Jails remain congested due to more detainees with drug cases

June 6, 2018

Jail cells under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) remain congested, nearly two years into President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on illegal drugs. Senior Inspector Xavier Solda, BJMP spokesman, said 144,814 inmates are confined into the bureau’s 482 jails nationwide as

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PN’s two new vessels joining Rim of the Pacific exercise

June 6, 2018

The Philippine Navy (PN) deployed two of its newly-acquired vessels to join in the world’s premier and largest combined naval exercise dubbed as Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) for the first time. Capt. Lued Lincuna, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the

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PCOO official refuses to apologize over video dragging ex-Senator Aquino on Duterte’s controversial kiss

June 6, 2018

Contrary to the statement of Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson refused on Wednesday to apologize over the video she posted on her Facebook page dragging the late Senator Benigno Aquino

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Suspect in killing of Bohol town mayor killed in law enforcement operation

June 6, 2018

One of the suspects in the killing of Bohol town Mayor Ronald Lowell Tirol was killed in a law enforcement operation in the province Wednesday morning. Supt. Reyman Tolentin, spokesman of the Central Visayas regional police, said the slain suspect was

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