The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Nationwide quake drill set Thursday

February 14, 2018

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), through its regional offices,  is set to conduct first quarter nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill Thursday. The drill’s ceremonial venue will be held at the Quezon City Memorial Circle at 2pm. NDRRMC

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Police say Abu Sayyaf member arrested in Zamboanga City

February 14, 2018

An Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member was arrested in a police manhunt in Zamboanga City on Tuesday, a police spokesperson said Wednesday. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez of the Police Region 9 said arrested was Rocco Haman 38, alias Ruco Haman

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Duterte taps INC’s executive minister as his special envoy for overseas Filipino concerns

February 14, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Eduardo Villanueva Manalo, executive minister of religious Iglesia ni Cristo, as his special envoy for overseas Filipino concerns. Malacanang released on Wednesday a copy of Villanueva’s appointment paper, which was signed on February 13. “Pursuant

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Manila rejects China’s naming undersea features in Philippine Rise

February 14, 2018

The Philippines will inform the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) of its opposition over China’s naming of undersea features in the Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, off eastern Luzon, Malacanang said on Wednesday. “We object and do not recognize the

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Duterte to visit China, to seek opportunity for OFWs

February 13, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he will attend a conference in China and he will take the opportunity to formally ask Beijing to accept Filipino workers. Duterte made the statement when he welcomed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport

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Duterte assures tycoon Lucio Tan no gov’t harassment

February 13, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte assured business tycoon Lucio Tan on Tuesday the government would not harass him for as long as he and his businesses are following the law. In a speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport where he welcomed

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Mother, two children dead in Surigao del Sur landslide

February 13, 2018

A mother and two of her children died while another one was injured in a landslide caused by rains from a tropical storm in the the province of Surigao del Sur on Tuesday morning. Romina Marasigan, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk

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South China Sea code of conduct negotiations start next month

February 13, 2018

The Philippines and China announced on Tuesday Southeast Asian nations and Beijing will start next month negotiations for a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea. A one-day bilateral consultation between the two sides was held in Manila a few

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