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Iloilo City’s alleged top drug lord, nephew killed in police operation

September 2, 2017

Iloilo City’s alleged top drug lord and a companion were killed in a police operation in Barangay Balabago, Jaro town on Friday night, police said. Serving a warrant of arrest against Richard Prevendido, police said they were met by a

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Duterte mulls lifting martial law earlier

September 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that he might lift the declaration of martial law in Mindanao earlier than scheduled. “I was thinking that we could, you know, lift it earlier,” Duterte said in a speech during the 11th founding anniversary celebration

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Duterte tells soldiers he will step down if they don’t trust him anymore

Duterte tells soldiers he will step down if they don’t trust him anymore

September 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte told on Friday the government troopers if they feel that they have no trust on him anymore, just let him know and he will step down from office. But Duterte was immediate in telling the soldiers not to believe

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Two NPA members arrested in North Cotabato: military

September 1, 2017

Two members of New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested while more than a dozen high-powered firearms were recovered in a joint military and police operation in North Cotabato province on Friday. Capt. Rhyan Batchar, spokesman of the Army’s 10th Infantry

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39 Kadamay members to be charged by police for protest in Pasig

September 1, 2017

Police will charge the 39 Kadamay members arrested during the protest  in Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Pasig City on Thursday. Senior Supt. Orlando Yebra Jr., acting Pasig City chief of police,  said in a text message to the Daily Manila Shimbun the

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Penalties for offenses under Revised Penal Code raised after 85 years

September 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the law increasing the penalties for certain offenses, including publication of fake news, under the Revised Penal Code. Duterte signed Republic Act No. 10951 on August 29, 2017 amending the 85-year old Revised Penal Code

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17 cops didn’t submit counter-affidavits on student’s death in Caloocan: PNP

September 1, 2017

Seventeen police officers, including four who were said to be involved in an anti-drug operation last August in Caloocan City which led to the death of a 17-year-old student, did not submit their counter-affidavits to the Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service

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AFP temporarily halts operations on Eid’l Adha a day after 3 soldiers killed, 52 injured

September 1, 2017

The military ceased its operation in Marawi City  on Friday in observance of Eid’l Adha on Friday. Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesman, did not say how long the military stopped its operations but said the halt was just done during

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