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DILG backs move requiring Barangay, SK candidates to submit resumé

March 4, 2018

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has expressed support on the proposal of an election watchdog to require candidates of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to submit at least a one-page resumé. DILG Assistant Secretary and

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PDEA Calabarzon head, 61 others relieved for alleged irregularities

March 4, 2018

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino has ordered the relief of PDEA’s Calabarzon regional head and 61 others for alleged irregularities. In a statement, Aquino said Region IV Director Archie Grande and 61 agents, and administrative and technical

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Saudi, Qatar OFWs wooed to come home

March 4, 2018

The Philippine government will entice overseas Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to return home for a chance to get employed locally or elsewhere overseas. This is what the labor department intends to do with the

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Philippines, Australian military drills end

March 3, 2018

The Philippines-Australia Army to Army exercises ended on Friday at the headquarters of the 10th Infantry Division at Camp General Manuel T Yan Sr in Mawab, Compostela Valley on Thursday, an Army statement said Saturday. The exercises, which began on

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Man killed, woman hurt in shooting incident at Manila mall

March 3, 2018

A man was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting incident at a mall in Manila on Saturday afternoon. Chief Inspector Louie Gonzaga, National Capital Region Police (NCRPO) Public Information Officer, told the Daily Manila Shimbun in a phone

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Palace to work only with probers “objective to conduct a fair investigation”: Roque

March 3, 2018

The Palace expressed willingness to cooperate only with credible human rights investigators to look into its anti-drug program. “We will only cooperate to the people who do not yet have conclusion and objective to conduct a fair investigation before making

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Military willing to cooperate on human rights probe on two soldiers

March 3, 2018

The military is willing to cooperate in investigation of alleged human rights violations by Philippine Army soldiers on two farmers from Compostela Valley province last December 2017, a military spokesman said Saturday. “We do not condone any misbehavior of our

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New Zambonga airport to be built

March 3, 2018

The Department of Transportation, along with the Mindanao Development Authority has announced that a first-class international airport will be built and completed within four to five years in Zamboanga City, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Saturday. The airport will be

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