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Palace calls Trillanes “like a broken record” amid call to probe Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth

February 4, 2018

Malacanang branded on Sunday opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV “like a broken record” as the lawmaker plans to file a resolution early this week to formally ask the Senate to start the investigation on President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth.

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DOF: Mighty paid P4-B more in monthly taxes since JTI takeover in 2017

February 4, 2018

Compared to the same period in the previous year, cigarettes bearing the brands sold by Mighty Corporation yielded roughly P4 billion more in monthly excise taxes over the September-December 2017 period, or when Japan Tobacco Inc. fully took over the

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Permits to carry guns outside home, buying explosives suspended in Abra: PNP

February 3, 2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will suspend permits to carry firearms outside of residence  and permits to transport and purchase explosives or explosive ingredients three times this month in Abra. Chief Insp. Carolina Lacuata, public information officer of the Cordillera Police

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Commander of Japanese destroyer pays courtesy call to Coast Guard head

February 3, 2018

The commander of Escort Division 2 of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force paid a courtesy call to the  Philippine Coast Guard’s commandant on Friday morning. The courtesy call of Captain Koji Saito to Rear Admiral Elson Hermogino at the PCG headquarters

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World Justice Project index is “perception that has no basis in reality”: Roque

February 3, 2018

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Philippines’ big decline in a yardstick measuring adherence to rule of law is ” a perception that has no basis in reality. Roque, in a press conference in Ilocos Norte on Saturday, said ”

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Two top NPA officials surrender in Davao del Sur: AFP

February 3, 2018

Two top New People’s Army (NPA) officials surrendered to government troops in Davao del Sur. Capt. Jerry Lamosao, public affairs office chief of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said they are Alvie Marie Salvaleon Cominador alias Ara, secretary of guerrilla

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Duterte not stifling free speech, assembly of UP students but doesn’t want walkouts: Roque

February 3, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte is not against freedom of express or right to peaceful assembly of students in the University of the Philippines but he is against students walking out of their classes, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. “It is clear

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State university, Japanese experts to set up experimental garlic farms

February 3, 2018

Mariano Marcos State University in Ilocos Norte has partnered with a group of Japanese experts specializing in black garlic to set up experimental garlic farms in various parts of the province. This was disclosed by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on

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