Palace sees no reason to remove three leftist Cabinet members

July 31, 2017

Malacanang does not see any reason to remove three leftist Cabinet officials amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to abandon the formal peace talks with the communist rebels. In a press briefing on Monday, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said

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CHR, Ombudsman can probe Parojinog’s case: Palace official

July 31, 2017

The Commission on Human Rights and the Office of the Ombudsman can investigate on their own the raids by the police in Ozamiz City on Sunday resulting in the death of 15 people, including Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, a Palace official

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Only residents near Lake Lanao allowed to return to their homes: military

July 31, 2017

Residents of war-torn Marawi City cannot return to their homes as they could still be hit by stray bullets, the military said on Monday. In the “Mindanao Hour” press briefing in Malacanang, Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., spokesman of the

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Police discover seven beheaded bodies in Basilan  

July 31, 2017

Police discovered seven beheaded bodies, said to be abducted by the Abu Sayyaf, in Basilan. Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, regional police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said based on initial report the bodies of the two

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Lorenzana admits military afraid if Marawi hostages used as “suicide bombers”

July 31, 2017

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana admitted the military are afraid that the Maute-Abu Sayyaf in Marawi may use their civilian hostages as “suicide bombers.” “Now based on what they (soldiers) see on the ground it seems that they (terrorist) are using

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Red Cross official says less than “100-200 people” to be rescued in Marawi

July 31, 2017

An official of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation to the Philippines, told foreign correspondents in a forum Monday there are less than “100 to 200 people” to be rescued as fighting in Marawi City reaches its 70

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Manila Water foreign currency tariff differential adjustments to adjusted to 96 centavo per cubic meter   

July 31, 2017

Manila Water Co will have a foreign currency differential adjustment of 3.92 percent of the basic charge or 96 centavo per cubic meter, the firm disclosed before the Philippine Stock Exchange Monday. “The adjustment is based on the exchange rates

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Duterte suspends excessive bonuses, benefits of GOCC executives, employees

July 31, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered excessive bonuses and other benefits of the officials and employees of the government-owned and controlled corporations suspended. Executive Order No. 36 issued on July 28, 2017 provides for suspending compensation and position and classification system

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