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South Korean businessman’s death inside Camp Crame commemorated

October 18, 2017

Members of the South Korean community and police officers on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the death of  Jee Ick-Joo, a businessman killed inside the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame. The 2 pm event was held at the

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3 Abu Sayyaf relatives of Hapilon give up: military

October 18, 2017

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG),  cousins of the slain leader of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for Southeast Asia Isnilon Hapilon, surrendered, a military official said Wednesday. Col. Juvymax Uy, Joint

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Military won’t abandon fight in Marawi: Ano

October 18, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said they will not abandon the fight until all terrorist members remaining at the battle zone of Marawi have neutralized. “Actually the operation to hunt down these (remaining) terrorist is a law enforcement

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Palace welcomes “good” rating for Cabinet despite slight fall

October 18, 2017

Malacanang welcomed on Wednesday the “good” rating of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet despite a slight drop. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the September survey of the Social Weather Stations was the third consecutive “good” assessment given by the people

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Duterte not pampering cops, soldiers as salaries to increase by January: Diokno

October 18, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte is not pampering soldiers and policemen as doubling their salaries could take place starting January next year, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday. In a press briefing, the Department of Budget and Management chief said these

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Philippines, Malaysian navies start maritime training activity

October 18, 2017

The Philippine Navy’s (PN) third Hamilton class cutter BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF17) joined the annual maritime training activity with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), which began on October 16 and runs until October 25.. Capt. Dennis Rommel Quines, Naval Task

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Diokno optimistic gov’t to achieve full-year target P2.9-trillion spending

October 18, 2017

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno expressed optimism on Wednesday the government could attain its full-year target of P2.909 trillion spending as disbursements in August grew by 13.9 percent year-on-year. The government has spent P201.6 billion in August, up from P177 billion last year,

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Budget chief assures enough funds to rebuild Marawi

October 18, 2017

The Department of Budget and Management assured on Wednesday the government has sufficient budget for rebuilding war-torn Marawi City and it would not need to borrow from donor agencies. At a breakfast forum in Manila, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said

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