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Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN meets in Clark, kicks off ASEAN Summit

November 9, 2017

The Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) will meet Friday in Clark, Pampanga, starting a series of official meetings that will culminate with the 31  th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits on November 13-14  in Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs

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Roque says Duterte hasn’t fired him despite blogger call

November 9, 2017

Harry Roque said on Thursday President Rodrigo Duterte has not fired him and he remains as the presidential spokesperson. Pro-Duterte blogger RJ Nieto, whose that the President could have mistaken for appointing the lawyer and former congressman as his spokesman.

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PNP says 79 percent of reported crimes were non-index crime cases

November 9, 2017

The Philippine National Police on Thursday said 79 percent of reported crimes recorded in the last 10 months were non-index crime cases. In a statement, Chief Superintendent Dionardo Carlos, the PNP spokesperson, said these cases made up a huge chunk

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Malacanang welcomes Sotto’s proposal to use mega rehab center as drug enforcement academy

November 9, 2017

Malacanang welcomed on Thursday a proposal of Senator Vicente Sotto III to convert the mega drug rehabilitation center inside a military camp in Nueva Ecija into a drug enforcement academy. “We welcome the suggestion of Senator Vicente Sotto III on the mega

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Power rates to go up in November: Meralco

November 9, 2017

Meralco announced an increase for November, amounting to P0.3436 per kWh for a typical residential household, thereby bringing the overall rate from last month’s P9.2836 per kWh to P9.6272 per kWh, a company statement said Thursday. The rate increase this

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6 soldiers die in Basilan clash with Abu Sayyaf

November 9, 2017

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six soldiers were killed while four others were wounded as fresh fighting erupted against members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and lawless elements in the province of Basilan, the military said Thursday. “We are sad to

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Palace won’t comment on US lawmakers’ letter to Trump vs Duterte but reiterates adherence to rule of law

November 9, 2017

Malacanang said on Thursday it would not comment on the public letter made by two United States congressmen urging President Donald Trump to raise the human rights issues against President Rodrigo Duterte during their meeting in Manila next week. “The

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Duterte says Aquino can’t usurp authority inherent to him

November 8, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte agreed on Wednesday with the observation of opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, his staunch critic, that filing a complaint of usurpation of authority against former President Benigno Aquino III regarding the Mamasapano incident could set a bad precedent. “You

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