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DENR finalizing procedures for accessing Green Climate Fund

December 3, 2017

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is finalizing procedures for access by national organizations to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a global initiative aimed at helping developing nations tackle climate change. The DENR is the national

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Community-based ecozones eyed to revive Marawi economy

December 3, 2017

The Philippine government plans to put up a community-based economic zone in Marawi City to help its economy bounce back from ruin and create jobs plus livelihood opportunities for its returning residents, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Dominguez

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AFP to recommend if martial law will be extended in Mindanao next week

December 2, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP) is set to submit its recommendation on the extension of martial law in Mindanao to the president next week, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr.  said Saturday. Roque, in a statement Saturday after

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Palace believes 2018 budget will not be re-enacted

December 2, 2017

The Palace believes the 2018 budget will not be re-enacted despite  differences between the versions of the  Senate and House of Representatives’ bills. “Well, anything is a possibility and it will really be up to the members of the bicameral

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PNP to implement one-strike policy on commanders with fatalities due to stray bullets in holidays

December 2, 2017

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa will implement his one-strike policy during the observance of holiday season. “In one-strike policy, the commander in an area with casualty or with fatality because of stray bullet and the incident

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Philippine, Singapore inaugurate project to make flights safer

December 2, 2017

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, and the Singapore government, represented by Singapore’s Ambassador to the Philippines Kok Li Peng,  Saturday inaugurated the Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) in the municipality of Bataraza in the southernmost tip of Palawan. The ADS-B project– a

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Dela Rosa calls ambush “deceit” as one cop killed, 7 hurt in Camarines Norte

December 2, 2017

A policeman was killed while seven other cops were wounded in an ambush by suspected members of New People’s Army (NPA) in Camarines Norte on Saturday morning. Supt. Victor Abarca, Camarines Norte provincial police public information officer, said the personnel

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Metro Manila domestic workers to get P1,000 pay hike

December 2, 2017

Domestic workers in Metro Manila will get an early Christmas present in the form of a P1,000 pay increase, The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) said the new minimum wage rate for domestic workers is

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