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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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Local farmers in Cebu go into organic, sustainable farming through Japanese volunteers

July 31, 2017

Nearly 270 farmers in Ginatilan, a mountainous area in Cebu are adopting organic farming technology to expand their market and raise their income, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said in a statement on  Monday. With help from a Japanese

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ASEAN, China ministers to endorse South China Sea code of conduct framework  

July 31, 2017

Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will endorse a framework document to shape formal negotiations for a regional code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

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PNP defends operation in Ozamiz that killed mayor, 14 others

July 31, 2017

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the serving of a search warrant early Sunday in the home of Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr was above board but the firefight that followed which resulted in 15 deaths was above board was

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(UPDATE) Ozamiz Mayor, wife and 13 others killed as police implement search warrant

July 30, 2017

Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., who is in President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of personalities accused of involvement in illegal drugs, and 13 others were killed as police tried to enforce a search warrant in their home early Sunday morning.

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New tropical storm enters Philippine Area of Responsibility

July 30, 2017

A new tropical storm, which weather forecasters named Huaning, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility after Typhoon Gorio left early Sunday morning. As of 5pm, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said Huaning slightly intensified

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4 drown as boat capsizes off Palanan, Isabela: police

July 30, 2017

Four people drowned after a passenger boat capsized off Palanan, Isabela last Friday. Senior Inspector Mariano Manalo, Palanan municipal police chief, identified the fatalities as Mylene Silva, Ronald Silva, Joel Tuppil and Dimasalang Valenzuela. Ronald Silva was reported missing but

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Ozamiz vice mayor seeks Duterte help on police raid that killed parents

July 30, 2017

Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog asked President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate a police raid   that resulted in the death of her parents, Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and Susan Parojinog Sunday, the city’s legal officer said Ozamiz City Legal Officer Jeffrey James Ocang,

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