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Duterte says ABS-CBN failed to pay huge taxes

October 26, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday that ABS CBN television network is largely indebted to the government for allegedly failing to pay taxes. Duterte disclosed this in a speech at the 6th Professional Summit in Manila. “ABS CBN, you have huge debt

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Duterte reiterates salary increase for military next year

October 26, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the government will increase the salary of the government troops starting next year. “I am not begging the issue. I would just like to inform the small man down there that beginning January, look at

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Ano to serve as DILG undersecretary first: Duterte

October 26, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would appoint newly retired Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Ano as undersecretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government before making him one of his Cabinet officials after a year. Ano reached the

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Police officer involved in shooting at checkpoint reinstated: Dela Rosa

October 26, 2017

A police officer implicated in the alleged shooting of 13 people at a checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon four years has been reinstated into the Philippine National Police (PNP). In an interview with reporters after the Armed Forces of the Philippines

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Guerrero, new AFP chief of staff, outlines three priorities

October 26, 2017

The new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) emphasized three priorities during the change of command ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo Thursday. “The priorities in the area of peace and security are clear: finish the remaining

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CIA is not undermining Duterte administration: US ambassador

October 26, 2017

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is not undermining the Duterte administration, United States  a Ambassador to the Philippine Sung Kim said. “There is no absolutely effort by the CIA to undermine the Philippines leadership,” Kim told the Foreign Correspondents Association

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US “much cautious” about providing guns to police due to “concerns over human rights issues”

October 26, 2017

The United States  “has been much cautious” about providing guns to the Philippine National Police (PNP) due to “concerns over human rights issues”, US Ambassador to the Philippine Sung Kim said on Thursday. In a forum of the Foreign Correspondents

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Duque returns as health department secretary

October 26, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Civil Sevice Commission head Francisco T. Duque III as ad interim secretary of the Department of Health, Malacanang said on Thursday. Duterte signed Duque’s appointment on October 26. “Secretary Duque is not new to the

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