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Smuggled rice can’t be given free to poor, instead to be sold as NFA rice, Roque says

March 7, 2018

Malacanang has backtracked from earlier plan to distribute confiscated smuggled rice to the poor. In a press briefing in Palawan Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he was informed that giving smuggled rice to the poor for free is against

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Gov’t prosecutors drop criminal complaint vs alleged ISIS recruiter and Filipina

March 7, 2018

Government prosecutors dismissed a criminal complaint filed by the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines against an alleged recruiter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and his Filipina partner. In a resolution, the justice

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DENR recommendation on Boracay may not take six months: official

March 7, 2018

The Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) could recommend whether to close the world-famous island resort of Boracay within a six-month deadline of President Rodrigo Duterte, an official said Wednesday. Environment Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Internal Affairs Jonas Leones said

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Duterte’s order in Boracay also applies to other tourist destinations in Philippines, Palace says

March 7, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to clean up Boracay Island in Aklan province and ensure all environmental laws are being followed applies to other tourist destinations in the Philippines, Malacanang said on Wednesday. “The president was very clear. While his statement

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Hardships forced former communist rebels to return to the government

March 7, 2018

The third batch of rebel returnees from Eastern Mindanao visited the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, toured Luneta and Intramuros before they met President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacanang Tuesday night. Major Ezra Balagtey, spokesman of

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AFP welcomes Duterte’s move to consider resuming talks with Communists but cites NPA violations

March 7, 2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcomes the recent statement of President Rodrigo Duterte he may reopen peace talks with the communist group. “It’s a good development, but what we are saying here is that we have tried it

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Imee Marcos says “50-50” in running for senator

March 7, 2018

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos admitted on Wednesday that she is not discounting the possibility to run for the Senate in the 2019 elections. In a forum in Quezon City, the eldest child of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos said it

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Duterte: ICC can’t acquire jurisdiction over me

March 6, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Tuesday the International Criminal Court could  not acquire jurisdiction over him. This was contrary to the earlier statement of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Duterte was ready to defend himself if the complaint against him before the  ICC

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