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Duterte reiterates he won’t visit US during his term

July 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Friday his position there would never come a time he would visit the United States. Duterte made the statement after some US lawmakers, who conducted a hearing on the alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines

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Duterte says 5-month martial law extension for rehabilitation, mopping up operations

July 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he was asking Congress for a five-month extension of martial law to conduct rehabilitation and mopping up operations not only in Marawi City but in other areas contaminated by the ideology of the Islamic

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NBI arrests Metrobank officer suspected involved in P900m internal fraud

July 21, 2017

Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation arrested a bank official suspected in millions of pesos in internal fraud  at the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank). NBI officials presented Maria Victoria Lopez, 54, vice president of the Corporate Service

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Duterte says if he didn’t act on Marawi rebellion, he could be impeached

July 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has said if he did not declare martial law to address rebellion and invasion in Marawi City, he could be impeached. In a speech during his visit to the soldiers in Marawi on Thursday, the Chief Executive

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Duterte abandons peace talks with Reds

July 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he has decided to abandon the peace talks with the communist rebels. With this, Duterte said the some 20 National Democratic Front consultants who have been temporarily released due to the peace negotiations should

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Suspected NPAs killed police chief, 5 others in Negros Oriental ambush

July 21, 2017

Suspected New People’s Army gunmen killed the police chief and five other cops in an ambush Friday morning in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The fatalities were Guihulngan police chief Superintendent Arnel Arpon,  Senior Police Officer 2 Necasio Tabion, Police Officer

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2 alleged Abu Sayyaf members killed in Sulu

July 21, 2017

Two alleged members of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed while two others and one soldier were wounded in an encounter in Sulu on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said government troops were trying to

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Duterte wants to refocus military operation vs NPA after Marawi crisis

July 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said after the Marawi crisis, the military would refocus its operation against the New People’s Army. In a visit to the government troopers in Marawi City on Thursday, Duterte said he did not want to talk to

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