Former President Aquino to face trial for Mamasapano incident

July 14, 2017

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the filing of criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino, Jr. for his liability in the Mamasapano massacre, a statement from the government agency said Friday. In a resolution approved Friday, Morales ordered the

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Bureau of Corrections chief resigns

July 13, 2017

Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin Delos Santos on Thursday gave his resignation after illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prisons allegedly returned  in Muntinlupa City. Delos Santos, a former chief of the Philippine National Police’s criminal investigation group, said

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Transport, info tech departments now part of NDRRMC

July 13, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order on Wednesday making the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) as part of the  National Disaster Risk and Management Council . The Executive Order No. 32 said

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Duterte appoints new SC justice; Arroyo’s lawyer, retired military general to posts

July 13, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals Presiding Justice Andres  Reyes Jr. as the new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Duterte named six other individuals, including the lawyer of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a former military general,

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Duterte assures help to quake-hit Leyte

July 13, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte assured on Thursday people in the Visayas who were affected by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake last week  that assistance will be extended to them. Duterte visited Ormoc, Leyte where he held a meeting with the local officials.

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AFP sees no threats for Duterte SONA

July 13, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not monitored any threat related to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 24.   . “So far no threat monitored,” Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesman,

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AFP grounds 12 FA-50 jets after two soldiers die in friendly fire

July 13, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) suspended the use of its 12 FA-50 fighter jets in the military operations in Marawi City after two soldiers were killed and 11 injured in a friendly fire incident occurred last Wednesday. Brig.

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Palace defends reinstatement of Marcos, 18 cops accused of killing mayor, inmate in cell

July 13, 2017

Malacanang defended on Thursday the reinstatement of 19 policemen, including Superintendent Marvin Marcos, who were allegedly involved in the killing of a Leyte town mayor and another inmate last year. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said President Rodrigo

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