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Three Russian ships dock in Manila for goodwill visit

October 20, 2017

The Philippine Navy welcomes the arrival of their Russian counterpart in Manila on Friday. Capt. Lued Lincuna, Philippine Navy spokesman, said anti-submarine ships Admiral Panteleyev 548 , and Admiral Vinogradov 544 along with  sea tanker Boris Butoma of the Russian Pacific

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AFP hails non-lifting of martial law as military pursues at least 4 major terror groups in Mindanao

October 20, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines lauded on Friday President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision not to lift yet martial law in Mindanao as the government troops continue to pursue at least four major terrorist groups in the region. In the “Mindanao Hour” briefing,

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No gov’t official sacred after Duterte fired DBM undersecretary: Abella

October 20, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s firing of an executive of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed that there is no sacred cow in the administration, Malacanang said on Friday. Duterte, in a speech on Thursday night in Manila, said he fired an undersecretary

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Military starts withdrawing forces in Marawi

October 20, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) starts to pull out some of its forces deployed in Marawi City few days after its liberation was declared by President Rodrigo Duterte. Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, Western Mindanao Command (Western Mindanao Command) spokesperson

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DOTr serves BURI notice to end three-year contract to maintain MRT 3

October 20, 2017

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) served Busan Universal Rail Inc. the maintenance provider of MRT 3, a notice to terminate its three-year contract, a statement by the DOTr said Friday. The notice was served by DoTr on BURI on October

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Duterte won’t lift yet martial law in Mindanao; confirms death of Malaysian terrorist

October 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has no plan of lifting martial law despite neutralization of the leaders of the Islamic State-inspired Maute terrorist group in war-torn Marawi City. In a speech at the 43rd Philippine Business Conference and Expo in Manila on Thursday,

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Duterte “not in a hurry” to solve “serious” territorial row

October 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Thursday that the territorial dispute in the South China is one of the “serious problems” confronting the region. But Duterte said they were not in a hurry to solve the problem. “I hope that ASEAN

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Duterte tells Western countries not to interfere in Philippine affairs

October 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte told Western countries on Thursday night not to interfere in Philippine affairs in a speech at the High Level Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Duterte said the problem is over “so much worry about human rights, about

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