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DILG to implement dismissal order on Iloilo mayor Monday

October 28, 2017

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will implement the dismissal order of the Office of the Ombudsman against Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog Monday. DILG officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy said he sent an order to the regional director in Western

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Philippine Navy ship arrives in Manila from Malaysian maritime drill

October 28, 2017

The Philippine Navy’s (PN) third Hamilton class cutter BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF17) arrived in Manila on Saturday after a maritime exercise in Malaysia. Lt. Junior Grade Adeltrude Dayata, Philippine Fleet-Marine Ready Force public affairs officer, said the vessel arrived in

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Balangiga movie wins four awards in QCinema film festival

October 28, 2017

BALANGIGA: Howling Wilderness won the best picture award at the Circle Competition of the QCinema International Film Festival last Thursday. The film was helmed Khavn dela Cruz, who won the best director award, the Quezon City government said in a

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Roque, new presidential spokesperson, said he is ” not condoning violence surrounding the government’s anti-drug campaign”

October 28, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Kabayan Partylist Representative Harry Roque to be the new presidential spokesman. “You’re no longer a congressman. You are now a secretary,” Duterte told Roque during the celebration of his 53rd birthday in Davao City last Friday.

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CAAP issues notice to airmen in areas of ASEAN meetings starting Nov 9-17

October 28, 2017

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced the implementation of no fly zone in areas where the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit will be held starting November 9-17. In its advisory issued Saturday, the CAAP

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Duterte says Ombudsman’s order of dismissing Mabilog “late gesture”

October 27, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the order of the Office of the Ombudsman dismissing Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog was a “very late gesture.” In a speech in Davao City, Duterte said Mabilog is a relative of Senator Franklin Drilon.

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Palace says Liberal Party “afraid of its own ghost”

October 27, 2017

Malacanang said on Friday that the Liberal Party is “afraid of its own ghost” after an alleged bagman implicating Senator Franklin Drilon and former Interior and Local Government Secretary and defeated presidential bet Mar Roxas to illegal drugs surfaced. Assistant to the

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Coast Guard places units on full alert for next week’s holidays

October 27, 2017

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) placed all its units on full alert since last Thursday in preparation to the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ days next week. “To ensure the safety travel of the riding public, all Coast

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