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Duterte did not allow DILG, PNP to give case folders of killings involving cops

September 8, 2017

Department of Interior and Local Government Officer-in-Charge Catalino Cuy said Friday President Rodrigo Duterte did not allow them to give case folders of the deaths involving cops and connected to the the anti-illegal drug campaign to the Commission on Human

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Senate Blue Ribbon Committee places Faeldon under contempt

September 7, 2017

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee placed resigned Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon under contempt on Thursday after repeated absences in the hearing of the P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China smuggled into the country. Senator Richard Gordon, committee chairman, said

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Prosecutors clear remittance firm officials, but ex-bank exec liable in Bangladesh Bank case

September 7, 2017

The justice department cleared executives of remittance firm Philrem Service Corp and two casino operators of involvement in a money laundering case involving $81 million which was stolen by hackers from the Bangladesh central bank. In a six-page resolution, the

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Ex-senator Pimentel proposes 12 federal states, excluding Metro Manila

September 7, 2017

Former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. proposed on Thursday 12 federal states be created in the Philippines to disperse power and economic development. Pimentel, the main author of the Local Government Code, was the guest in the Malacanang press briefing amid President Rodrigo

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Trillanes accuses Duterte son of belonging to drug triad

September 7, 2017

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte as a member of a drug triad in the Senate hearing on smuggling of drugs on Thursday. Trillanes asked Duterte if he has a tattoo on his back and

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Stray bullet kills gov’t employee, injures another in Marawi City

September 7, 2017

An employee of Civil Service Commission (CSC) died while another was wounded after they were hit by stray bullet outside the Mindanao State University in Marawi City. Col. Romeo Brawner, Joint Task Force Ranao deputy commander, identified the fatality as

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Youth groups stage “die-in” protest in front of Camp Crame

September 7, 2017

Members of a youth group lay on their backs with their faces covered with paper in front of the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Thursday in protest over the deaths of teenagers in the government’s anti-drug program Father

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Duterte son, brother-in-law deny being part in alleged Davao Group

September 7, 2017

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio denied being part of the alleged Davao Group involved in the illegal drug trade in the Bureau of Customs. Duterte told the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on Thursday: “Once and

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