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China urges Philippines, ASEAN to resist intervention of “ non-regional forces” in South China Sea disputes

July 25, 2017

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday urged the Philippines and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to resist intervention of “non-regional forces” in the South China Sea disputes. Wang, who is on an official visit here, warned some forces

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3 foreigners banned for alleged skimming of bank ATM machine

July 25, 2017

Three foreigners were arrested for allegedly withdrawing money from an automated teller machine of a BPI Family Bank branch at McArthur Highway, San Fernando, Pampanga on Monday. A press statement from the Region 3 Police Office on Tuesday said Radu

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Duterte accepts P25b tax settlement from Mighty Corp.

July 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Monday the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue to accept the P25-billion tax settlement being offered by cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation. In his second State of the Nation Address, the Chief Executive

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Duterte confronts protesting leftists after address

July 24, 2017

After a two-hour State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte did what perhaps no chief executive has done: confront a throng of angry protesters from the left. Amid a drizzle, Duterte, flanked by his security and his close aide

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Duterte vows to add more police, soldiers to deal with enemies of the state

July 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Monday to increase significantly the number of the police and the military to deal with enemies of the state, including the terrorists and the communist rebels. In a media interview following his State of the

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Duterte admits “failure of intelligence” about threat in Marawi

July 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there is a failure of intelligence in Marawi City as the terrorist group still has a lot of ammunitions and explosives as the battle stretched for more than two months. “We did not know and there

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Duterte seeks speedy congressional passage of various priority bills

July 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Monday Congress to pass immediately various priority measures, including reimposition of death penalty, budget for next year, tax reform package and on climate change. Duterte told the joint session of Congress in his second State of the

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4 Antipolo cops caught in entrapment operation: police task force

July 24, 2017

Four police officers of the Antipolo City police station were caught in an entrapment operation Monday night by a task force after a complainant said the cops were allegedly asking for P50,000 in return for filing a lower drug charge

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