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No “creeping dictatorship” in Palace-backed Cha-cha, official says

February 1, 2018

Malacanang assured on Thursday “creeping dictatorship” would not happen as Congress pushes for Palace-backed Charter change. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement in response to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ “pastoral guidelines for discerning the moral dimension

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EU hopes 60-40 restriction in Philippine ownership to be lifted as Congress talks on Cha-cha; investors’ confidence affected by govt policies, not Duterte’s rhetorics

February 1, 2018

The European Union said on Thursday the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership has holding back European businessmen to invest in the Philippines. This as the investors from Europe look more on the government’s policies than on the rhetorics of President

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AFP condemns beheading of militaman by alleged NPAs

February 1, 2018

The military condemned the beheading of a militiaman by  alleged members of New People’s Army (NPA) in Surigao Del Sur last Monday. Lt. Col. Emmanuel Garcia, chief of the AFP Public Information Office,  said Thursday the slain Citizen Armed Forces

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No impasse over suspension of deputy ombudsman, Palace says

February 1, 2018

Malacanang insisted on Thursday that there was no impasse between the Executive and the Office of the Ombudsman on the suspension order against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang. In a press briefing in Baguio City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said

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Southern Police District relieves 17 cops for alleged extortion

February 1, 2018

The director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Southern Police District ordered on Thursday the relief of more than a dozen policemen allegedly involved in extortion. “District Director Chief Supt. Tomas Apolinario Jr. has ordered today the relief of all

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Arrest of NDF consultant legal, Palace says

February 1, 2018

Philippine authorities did not violate any agreement with the communist rebels when their consultant, along with a companion, was arrested, Malacanang said on Thursday. The militant groups have condemned the arrest on Wednesday of Rafael Baylosis and his companion Guillermo Roque and sought

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Dela Rosa says Communist leader, companion arrested for illegal possession of firearms

February 1, 2018

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said Communist leader Rafael Baylosis and Guillermo Roque were arrested Wednesday in Quezon City for illegal possession of firearms. “Yes he (Baylosis) has firearms and he is a known personality from

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Japanese engineers start system audit on MRT-3

February 1, 2018

More than 50 railway engineers and experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will start due diligence and system audit of the MRT-3 Thursday. The system audit is a necessary step to determine all the rehabilitation and restoration works needed

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