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More than 5,000 foreigners stopped from entering country last year

January 17, 2018

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred from entering the country last year more than 5,000 foreign nationals. In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI port operations division chief Marc Red Mariñas said Wednesday a total of 5,146 aliens

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Signing of loan agreements on Metro Manila Subway & Plaridel Bypass set first quarter

January 17, 2018

The Philippines is set to sign in the first quarter an agreement on the first tranche of the Japanese funding for the Metro Manila Subway Project along with the loan accord for the Plaridel Bypass Road in Bulacan, which will

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Duterte hits Rappler anew

January 16, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte slammed on Tuesday news website Rappler, saying “he who comes to equity must come with clean hands.” In a speech in Pasay City, Duterte denied having a hand in the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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CIDG arrests three alleged swindlers of Japanese businessmen

January 16, 2018

Three persons who allegedly swindled Japanese citizens have been arrested by the police criminal investigators in an entrapment operation on Malate on Monday, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Tuesday. “Acting on the pre-arranged signal of one

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Philippines to seek clemency for 9 Filipinos sentenced to death in Malaysia

January 16, 2018

The Philippine government will seek clemency for nine Filipinos who were sentenced to death for their involvement in a bloody attempt to seize Sabah from Malaysia in 2013. Malaysia’s highest court  on Monday affirmed the decision of an appeals court

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Health department returning unused dengue vaccines to Sanofi Pasteur

January 16, 2018

The Philippine health department said it is returning unused dengue vaccines manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur before it could be refunded. In a hasty press conference Tuesday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Tuesday the deadline for retrieving the unused vaccines

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More gov’t officials, workers arrested for illegal drugs in 2017: PDEA

January 16, 2018

The number of government officials and workers arrested for illegal drugs increased by 30 percent in 2017, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Tuesday. In a statement, PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said a total of 301 people  in government suspected to

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Faeldon takes oath as OCD deputy administrator of operations

January 16, 2018

Former customs chief Nicanor Faeldon formally took his oath as the deputy administrator for operations of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in a ceremony in Quezon City Tuesday. In a press release, the OCD said the oath of service

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