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Zambo City mayor to continue seeking justice for victims of 2013 siege

May 28, 2018

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Monday declared that the city government will fight for justice for the victims of the 2013 Zamboanga siege after a court ordered the release of 96 members of the Moro National Liberation

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Palace opposes P750 minimum wage hike

May 28, 2018

Malacanang turned down on Monday a call for the P750 across the board increase on the daily minimum wage of workers in the country. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said under the law, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity

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MILF files complaint over members’ death in gov’t anti-drug operation

May 28, 2018

The rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has filed a complaint with the ceasefire committee of the government following the death of its nine alleged members in a police anti-drug operation in Matalam, North Cotabato. In a text message to

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Army arrests alleged NPA official in Negros Occidental

May 28, 2018

Army troops arrested an alleged high ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental last Saturday. 1Lt. Cesarjin Manalon, civil military officer of the 15th Infantry Battalion, said arrested was Bobby Pedro alias Reymark Labrador, a liaison of

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Palace: No conflict of interest over Calida’s security agency bagging multi-million contracts with state agencies

May 28, 2018

There was no conflict of interest even if Solicitor General Jose Calida’s family security agency bagged multi-million peso contracts in various government agencies, Malacanang said on Monday. News reports claim Calida and his family owned Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency which

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DOF rejects call to roll back fuel excise taxes

May 28, 2018

The Department of Finance (DOF) rejected on Monday to roll back the fuel excise taxes to reduce the burden of the public from rising prices of goods. In a press briefing in Malacanang,  Assistant Finance Secretary and spokesperson Paola Alvarez cited that

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PNP announces arrest of suspect in multi-billion peso investment scam

May 28, 2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced on Monday the arrest of a suspect in a multi-million peso investment scam in Quezon City. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde named the suspect as Margarita Huang alias Irma Pascual. Albayalde said Huang is “a key

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Land records safe despite fire in Binondo: DENR

May 28, 2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said records with the Land Management Bureau (LMB) in the wake of a fire that engulfed the LMB building in Binondo, Manila, on Monday morning are safe. In a statement in Monday, DENR said while

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