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DENR orders removal of 84 business firms and 262 homes in El Nido within 30 days

April 7, 2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) directed  business owners and residents “to voluntarily remove the structures they have built and to vacate the areas they occupied in timberland” before May 5 in El Nido, Palawan. Owners were given

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2 killed as vegetable delivery truck falls into ravine

April 7, 2018

Tuba, Benguet  — Two died while the driver of a vegetable delivery truck was rushed to a hospital after the vehicle fell into a ravine at Barangay Palina, Taloy Sur  before midnight Friday. Rescuers, led by 911-on-call rescue group chief

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Dela Rosa wants to go on vacation before assuming reins of BuCor

April 7, 2018

Outgoing Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed that he will be the next Bureau of Correction (BuCor) chief after retiring from the police service this month. “I was told that I go straight to BuCor, but

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PCC orders Uber App to continue operations until review is complete

April 7, 2018

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has ordered ride-hailing service provider Uber to continue operating its app for the entire duration of its motu proprio review. The directive, issued Thursday, also puts Grab’s move to acquire its competitor to a halt while the

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Two persons who allegedly placed bomb beside barangay action center nabbed

April 7, 2018

Government troops captured two suspects who allegedly laid an improvised explosive device (IED) at a ticket booth near a barangay action team outpost in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao. Capt. Arvin Encinas,  the 6th Infantry Division public affairs office chief, said arrested

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Two alleged NPA members captured by military in Northern Samar

April 7, 2018

Two alleged members of New People’s Army (NPA) were captured after an encounter in Northern Samar last Thursday. Capt. Francis Agno,  8th Infantry Division public affairs  chief,  said the troops of 43rd Infantry Battalion were conducting security patrol when they encountered an

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Duterte believes NFA administrator more than Council

April 6, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he trusts National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino on the rice importation issue. In a speech during a dinner concert Thursday in Pasay City, Duterte said it was he who told Aquino to ignore

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DENR ready to face legal challenges with Boracay closure

April 6, 2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is not discounting the possibility of facing legal challenges with the closure of Boracay Island in Aklan to tourists for six months. But DENR expressed readiness should cases be filed by those

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