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Senate passes expanded bill protecting landmarks on third reading

May 22, 2017

The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill on Monday that would bring 92 new areas, including six internationally-recognized natural sites, under the protection and management of the landmark National Integrated and Protected Areas System Act. Senate Bill

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Philippines renames Benham Rise to Philippine Rise

May 22, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the change of the name of Benham Rise an extended continental shelf east of the Philippines, to Philippine Rise. This was contained in Executive Order No. 25, which Duterte signed on May 16. “The undersea

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Councilor, wife killed in shooting incident

May 22, 2017

A municipal councilor and his wife were killed in a shooting incident in the province of Rizal on Monday morning, police said. Supt. Chitadel Gaoiran, spokesman of the Calabarzon regional police, identified the victims as John San Jose, municipal councilor

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Cayetano tries to downplay concerns on China war threat vs Philippines

May 22, 2017

Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday downplayed concerns over China’s reported threat to go to war against the Philippines as President Rodrigo Duterte revealed last Friday. Cayetano did not confirm nor deny if Chinese President Xi Jinping made the

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Gov’t not giving up claim in SCS despite China’s war threat

May 22, 2017

Malacanang reiterated on Monday that the Duterte administration is not giving up its claim in the South China Sea despite China’s threat to go to war if the Philippines would insist the arbitral ruling and drill oil in the disputed

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NPA killed in Oriental Mindoro clash

May 21, 2017

A suspected member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in Oriental Mindoro early Sunday. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said the clash occurred at Sitio If-If, Brgy.

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5 hurt as 130 houses burned in Cebu

May 21, 2017

Fire razed some 130 houses in separate incidents in Cebu on Sunday morning, leaving at least five people injured. Senior Fire Officer 1 Zener Ceno of Lapu-Lapu City fire deapartment said fire burned 101 houses in Sitio Matumbo, Brgy. Pusok

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Duterte to incoming DILG chief: Deny rebels with weapons

May 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would order incoming Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano to make sure that no firearms and ammunition would land into the hands of the enemies of the state, particularly the communist

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