Damage to agriculture due to Mayon activities hits P189M

January 28, 2018

Damage to agriculture due to Mayon Volcano eruption has reached to P189.4 million, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Sunday. As of 8am, NDRRMC said a total of P189,434,666 worth of damage to agriculture was recorded

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Consultative committee’s output executive’s input in Charter change, Palace says

January 28, 2018

Malacanang said on Sunday whatever will be the output of the newly-constituted consultative committee tasked to review the 1987 Constitution will be forwarded to Congress. In a radio interview, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar said Congress is independent

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DENR to regulate tourism in El Nido

January 28, 2018

Recognizing the gravity of problems that have cropped up in one of the world’s top tourist destinations in the country, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday it will implement policies to help minimize the negative

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Chinese woman abducted in Pasay escapes from captors: police

January 27, 2018

A  Chinese woman kidnapped  in Pasay City last Thursday escaped on Friday from her captors who were seeking P2 million in ransom, police said Saturday. Liu Shan Shan, 28,  bolted free around 6:20 a.m. at a resort in  Barangay Bucana in Ternate, Cavite where she was brought by

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Duterte to review recommendations to fire three police generals, around 60 cops

January 27, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said he will review recommendations to fire three police generals and around 60 policemen. “The investigation is finished. It’s just a matter of looking into the charges again,” said Duterte in a press conference on Saturday at

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Alleged Deash-inspired member killed in encounter with military in Maguindanao

January 27, 2018

An alleged member of a Daesh-inspired terror group was killed in an encounter with government forces in Maguindanao on Friday. Capt. Arvin Encinas, public affairs chief of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said Saturday the encounter  erupted in the vicinity of

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Duterte wants consultative panel, Congress “to act” on Charter amendments this year

January 27, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants Congress “to act” on recommendations from a panel that he created to examine amendments to the 1987 Constitution “done this year.” In a press conference at the Davao International Airport where he arrived Saturday

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Duterte to visit Mayon after resting “for a day or two”

January 27, 2018

Coping with migraine after arriving from India Saturday morning, President Rodrigo Duterte cracked a joke about Mayon Volcano before saying he will visit the area after resting for ” a day or two.” “Mayon is so hard-headed. I ordered the

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