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Duterte creates inter-agency task force to speed up rehab of Yolanda-hit areas

August 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte created a special task force to oversee use of the multi-billion funds allotted for areas damaged by Supertyphoon Yolanda (Hainan) in Leyte and Samar 2013. The president signed last Tuesday as questions remain on delay of rehabilitation

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(UPDATE) 2 cops killed, four wounded in alleged NPA ambush in Catanduanes

August 10, 2017

Two policemen were killed and four wounded in an ambush by suspected New People’s Army in Viga, Catanduanes province on Thursday, a regional police spokesperson said. PO1 Eva Torcilino and PO3 Joseph Tupue from the Viga Municipal Police Station were

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QC police station driver arrested in entrapment operation

August 10, 2017

A driver of Quezon City police station No.5 head Supt. Bobby Glen Ganipac was arrested by the Philippine National Police Counter-Intelligence Task Force in an entrapment operation on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Jose Chiquito Malayo, chief of task force, told reporters

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Two soldiers, 5 Abu Sayyaf members killed in Sulu encounter

August 10, 2017

Seven people including two soldiers were killed while another one was wounded in an encounter with the members of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu on Thursday morning. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu Commander, said government forces

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CHED lifts moratorium on off-campus activities

August 10, 2017

The Commission on Higher Education has lifted the moratorium preventing off-campus activities by the students but put in palce tighter measures, an official said on Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera III said for

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Palace says Paolo Duterte’s accuser should prove claim

August 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has no plan to order an investigation against his son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, who was dragged into corruption issue at the Bureau of Customs. In a press briefing on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella

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Authorities arrest four suspected NPA members in Davao Oriental

August 10, 2017

Government authorities have apprehended four suspected members of New People’s Army, one of whom is a minor, (NPA) in Davao Oriental last Tuesday night. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, commander of the Army’s 28th Infantry Battalion, identified the apprehended suspects as

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Anti-graft court issues arrest warrants against Honasan, eight others for alleged misuse of funds

August 10, 2017

The Sandiganbayan Second Division issued arrest warrants against Sen. Gregorio Honasan II and eight others on Thursday over their two counts of graft cases that stemmed from their involvement in the alleged fraudulent use of P29.1 million priority development assistance

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