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Ombudsman recommends criminal charges vs Faeldon, other Customs officials; Paolo Duterte off hook

May 2, 2018

The Office of the Ombudsman’s special panel of fact-finding investigators recommended filing of criminal and administrative charges for former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and other Customs officials in connection with the smuggling of 602.2 kilograms of high-grade methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) with

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Philippines may import skilled workers for “BBB” program

May 2, 2018

The Philippines may import skilled workers as the government goes full blast on its “Build, Build, Build” program, Malacanang said on Wednesday. In a television interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque echoed the call of President Rodrigo Duterte for the Filipinos

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May 14 declared as special holiday for Filipinos to vote for village, SK polls

May 2, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared May 14 as a special non-working day throughout the country. Proclamation No. 479, which Duterte signed on May 2, provides that May 14, which falls on a Monday, is non-working day “enable the people to

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Construction of missile frigates for Philippine Navy starts: DND

May 2, 2018

The Department of National Defense (DND) said the steel cutting which signals the start of construction of missile frigates acquired for the Philippine Navy was held last Monday. “I can confirm that the steel cutting has commenced on April 30…

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Faeldon says Ombudsman graft charge against him is “ridiculous”

May 2, 2018

Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon said filing of graft charges by the Ombudsman for involvement in the P6.4 billion shabu smuggling case in 2017 against him is “ridiculous” “The commissioner does not even have a knowledge

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PNP plans to use Tokhang against barangay officials in drug list

May 2, 2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is planning to subject barangay officials in the narco list  revealed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) last Monday under Oplan Tokhang. “That’s one option. We can visit them since they are in the watchlist,” Philippine National

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66% of Filipinos do not favor shift to federalism: Pulse Asia

May 2, 2018

Sixty-six percent of Filipinos are not in favor of changing the present system of government to a federal system, a Pulse Asia survey said Wednesday. “The prevailing sentiment among Filipinos is one of opposition to replacing the present unitary system

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Duterte wants Congress to pass another land reform law

May 2, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would ask Congress to pass another law for land reform. This as Duterte said after cleaning up Boracay in Aklan, he would allow Congress to come up with a measure on how to use the

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