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August declared as ASEAN Month

August 9, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the month of August of every year as “ASEAN Month.” Proclamation No. 282 issued on July 31, 2017 amended Proclamation. No. 1008 signed in 1997 declaring August 7 to 13 of every year as “ASEAN

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Duterte to give P2 million reward for info on each alleged Parojinog henchman

August 9, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he is ready to give P2 million each for information about henchmen who allegedly helped the Parojinog family kill civilians and who are buried at the back of a barangay hall in Ozamiz City. “P2

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Philippine state-run news agency ordered to explain for reposting Xinhua article

August 9, 2017

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar ordered on Wednesday the Philippine News Agency, a state-run wire agency, for reposting a commentary of the China-state owned Xinhua news agency, which called the arbitral tribunal award on the Philippines as “ill-founded.”

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Dela Rosa boasts “unprecedented results” in war against drugs

August 9, 2017

Philippine National Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said Wednesday drug traffickers lost about P500 billion due to the demand reduction of illegal drugs in the country. Dela Rosa said during the PNP’s 116th anniversary, there is a demand reduction

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One soldier killed, one wounded in Leyte

August 9, 2017

One soldier was killed while another was wounded in a shooting incident in Leyte last Tuesday. In a spot report from the Eastern Visayas Regional Police Office the fatality was identified as Private First Class Alvie Felix, 29,  assigned at

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Senate creates special committee to study, examine rehabilitation of Marawi City

August 9, 2017

The Senate adopted a resolution creating a special committee to assess and review the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Marawi City, the Upper House said in a statement Wednesday Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, who introduced Senate Resolution 457, said the

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Comelec chairman files charges against wife

August 9, 2017

Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista filed multiple charges against Patricia Bautista at the Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office after she came out in public accusing him of having unexplained wealth amounting to nearly P1 billion. In a television interview on Wednesday,

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Families of gov’t forces killed in Marawi to receive one million pesos each

August 9, 2017

The families of government forces killed because of the battle in Marawi City will receive one million each as a philanthropist donated at least 98 million pesos, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines

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