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Nearly 900 NPAs surrendered to military since December: AFP

March 2, 2018

Nearly 900 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to government troops in Eastern Mindanao since December 21 2017, a military spokesman said Friday. Major Ezra Balagtey of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Eastern Mindanao Command said the number

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Alleged marijuana seller in Paranaque arrested

March 2, 2018

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) drug enforcement unit and operatives of the  Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested an alleged seller of marijuana in Parañaque City on Thursday. Michal Nordan, was arrested through a buy-bust operation by the NCRPO’s

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PNP says Tokhang bloodless in first month of operation

March 2, 2018

After a month, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Project Tokhang operations remained bloodless as a number of surrenderers increased over the past four weeks. As of March 1, 2018, the PNP, through the Directorate for Operations (DO), consolidated 5,543 Tokhang

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Suspected Abu Sayyaf said involved in 2001 kidnapping arrested in Zamboanga City

March 2, 2018

A suspected member of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) allegedly involved in a 17-year-old kidnapping incident at the Golden Harvest Plantation, was arrested in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga City on Thursday afternoon Police Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, public affairs chief of

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Japan to help fund 6 of 13 new infra projects

March 2, 2018

Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Government of Japan will help fund almost half, or six of 13, of the newly-approved infrastructure projects by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board, the government body said Friday. “Japan is one of

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Duterte warns of new series of killings if drug syndicate-backed village officials win in May polls

March 1, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte warned of a new series of killings if drug syndicate-backed village officials would win in the May elections. In a speech in Davao City, Duterte said it would be up to Congress to decide on whether the

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High inflation could be partly due to profiteering, DOF says

March 1, 2018

The Department of Finance blamed higher inflation to profiteering and not due to the new tax reform measure, an official said Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua said the four percent inflation rate last January

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Palace says Rappler reporter still banned in Malacanang despite Omidyar’s donation

March 1, 2018

A ban against reporter of Rappler in Malacanang stays despite the decision of Omidyar Network donating the Philippine Depository Receipts to managers of the online news website, Malacanang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque expressed belief that Omidyar’s move to

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