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Duterte to visit Marawi on Friday

June 28, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he will visit war-torn Marawi City this week. “I will go there (in Marawi) on Friday,” Duterte said during his speech during the 120th anniversary of the Presidential Security Group in Malacanang Complex. The

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Aguirre firm in lowering raps vs police investigators in Espinosa case

Aguirre firm in lowering raps vs police investigators in Espinosa case

June 28, 2017

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday approved the downgrading of charges against 19 members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) team implicated in the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa and fellow inmate Raul Yap inside a

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Police, military arrest six drug personalities in Maguindanao

June 28, 2017

Police and military forces have arrested six drug personalities in a law enforcement operation in Maguindanao on Wednesday morning. Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc, Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion commander, said government forces captured the suspects at the vicinity of Sitio Mamalinta,

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China donates P15 million to Marawi rehabilitation

June 28, 2017

China has donated P15 million for the relief operations and rehabilitation of the besieged city of Marawi, the Philippine government said Tuesday. Chinese Amabassador Zhao Jinhua presented to President Rodrigo Duterte the P15 million check that will significantly augment the

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Philippines distances itself from Beijing’s probe vs Chinese billionaire, a donor to Duterte’s war on drugs

June 28, 2017

The Philippine government is supporting China’s campaign against corruption, but it distanced itself from the investigation being conducted by Beijing against a Chinese billionaire, who has donated huge funds for President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs. In an interview

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Soldiers found looting inside Marawi to be discharged from service: AFP

June 28, 2017

MARAWI CITY — Soldiers found guilty of looting inside this city will be automatically discharge from government service, a military spokesman said Wednesday. But Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera, spokesperson for Joint Task Force Marawi, told reporters a group of civilians

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Ombudsman dismisses gov’t execs over PDAF scam

Ombudsman dismisses gov’t execs over PDAF scam

June 28, 2017

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales imposed the penalty of dismissal from the service against officials from state-owned National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC), Technology Resource Center (TRC), including the defunct National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR), for their participation in the anomalous utilization of

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Duterte vows to rebuild “better” Marawi

June 27, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Tuesday to rebuild a “better” Marawi City. In his speech during the Eid’l Fitr or Feast of Ramadan celebration in Malacanang, Duterte reiterated the government has allotted at least P20 billion for the rehabilitation and

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