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Aguirre orders NBI to investigate alleged hidden wealth by Comelec chairman

August 7, 2017

The justice department ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate the alleged hidden wealth of Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista worth about P1 billion as alleged by his wife. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Monday while Bautista

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Journalist killed in Sultan Kudarat

August 7, 2017

MARAWI CITY — Gunmen shot a journalist dead in the town of President Quirino town in the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat Monday morning. Leodoro Diaz, a columnist of regional newspaper Sapol and reporter of Radio Mindanao Network, police

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Japan expects legally binding COC in South China and in accordance with international law

August 6, 2017

As Southeast Asian countries and China adopted the framework of a code of conduct in South China Sea, Japan said it expects the COC to be legally binding and in accordance with international law. In a press briefing late Sunday,

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ASEAN foreign ministers raise “concerns” over China’s reclamation, importance of “non-militarisation” in South China Sea

August 6, 2017

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers have raised “concerns” on the land reclamation and activities of China in the disputed South China Sea. This was contained in the Joint Communique of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which

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Cayetano “not feeling well”, skips meetings with dialogue partners: spokesman

August 6, 2017

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has skipped all the meetings with dialogue partners on Sunday. In a text message to reporters, Foreign Affairs spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said Cayetano was not feeling well. “He (Cayetano) was not feeling well

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China sets precondition before formal discussion of COC in November

August 6, 2017

China has set a precondition before discussion on the Code of Conduct in the South China officially starts in November:  no major disruptions from outside parties. In a press conference at the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and

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Estimated P6.9 million worth of shabu seized by Mandaue police

August 6, 2017

Police seized an estimated P6.9 million worth of shabu and arrest three people in a buy-bust operation in Cebu Sunday morning. An initial police report disclosed a joint buy-bust operation from City Intelligence Branch and Mandaue City Police Office was

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Fire burns down slum area in Zamboanga Sibugay town

Fire burns down slum area in Zamboanga Sibugay town

August 6, 2017

A fire razed a slum area in a town in Zamboanga Sibugay Saturday evening. Bureau of Fire protection Zamboanga Sibugay Fire Officer One John Dominic Bernardo said the affected area is located at Purok Sampaguita, Don Andres, Ipil. The fire

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