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Peso still at 11-year low of P52.31:$1, PSE index loses ground

April 25, 2018

The peso remained at an 11-year low of P52.31 against the US dollar after hitting an intraday low of P52.38 on Wednesday. It was a very slight gain from Tuesday’s P52.32 against the US dollar. Volume at the Bankers Association

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Palace: Only TRO can stop Boracay closure

April 25, 2018

Malacanang will proceed with the closure of Boracay in Malay, Aklan on Thursday unless a temporary restraining order is issued by the Supreme Court. Boracay residents and workers, represented by the National Union of People’s Lawyers, have filed a petition

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5 drug suspects killed in separate buy-bust operations in Laguna

April 25, 2018

Five drug suspects were killed in two separate encounters during buy-bust operations in the province of Laguna on Wednesday morning. In a report, the Laguna Provincial Police said the buy-bust operation against Christopher Manjares Gonce Alias Boy B and his unidentified cohort

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Ex-comfort women supporters to seek gov’t official stance not to demolish Manila statue

April 25, 2018

Supporters of former Filipino sex slaves during World War II by Japanese soldiers would formally ask  concerned government agencies to come out with their official position not to demolish the controversial statute of a “comfort woman” in Manila. In a

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Palace backs expulsion of Australian nun in Philippines

April 25, 2018

Malacanang said on Wednesday it supports the decision of the Bureau of Immigration to expel Australian nun Patricia Fox after her missionary visa was cancelled. “We stand by the Bureau of Immigration’s order to forfeit Sister Patricia Fox‘s privilege of

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Duterte names as Tourism undersecretary dismissed SSS exec

April 25, 2018

More than two months after he was fired for his alleged irregularities at the Social Security System, Jose Gabriel La Vina is back in government. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed La Vina as an undersecretary of the Department

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2 Pasay cops arrested in entrapment operation

April 25, 2018

Two policemen were arrested in an entrapment operation by the Counter Intelligence Task Force (CITF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pasay City on Tuesday afternoon. In a report, CITF said the arrested police personnel were PO2 Jerry Adjani

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Gov’t spending surges by 27% in first quarter: DBM

April 25, 2018

Government spending in March reached P313.1 billion, higher by 30 percent year-on-year, sustaining the robust growth in disbursements for the first three months of the year, the Department of Budget (DBM) said Wednesday. In total, government disbursements reached P782 billion

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