14 hurt after improvised bomb explodes in Quiapo: police

April 29, 2017

Fourteen people were injured after an improvised bomb exploded in Quiapo on Friday night, but Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said the  incident was not a terror attack. “The whole investigation process is being conducted if

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Palace assures quake-hit areas in Mindanao of speedy gov’t aid

April 29, 2017

Malacanang assured residents in quake-hit areas in Mindanao on Saturday government assistance would immediately be extended to them. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella urged the people, particularly  residents in Sarangani, to stay calm but remain vigilant after magnitude

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Duterte calls for non-interference as ASEAN Summit opens

April 29, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte underscored on Saturday the principle of non-intereference among sovereign states as he spoke at the opening ceremony of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Pasay City. Duterte’s call for non-interference was apparently directed towards

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Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Davao Occidental   

April 29, 2017

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the province of Davao Occidental early Saturday morning. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Science Research Specialist Assistant Lara Gianan said an offshore earthquake tectonic in origin with a depth of 57 km was

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NPAs free policeman abducted in February

April 28, 2017

A policeman abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) was freed in Bukidnon on Thursday morning. Superintendent Lemuel Gonda, a regional police office spokesman, said based on initial report PO2 Anthony Natividad was released at Dominorog, Talakag, Bukidnon around 11:20

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Duterte cites need to cultivate “sense of ownership” in ASEAN

April 28, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte underscored on Friday the need to cultivate the “sense of ownership” of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) story among its citizens in order for the regional bloc to be an effective model of regional integration.

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Philippines, Indonesia ink deals on agriculture, transportation

April 28, 2017

The Philippines and Indonesia forged on Friday agreements in the fields of agriculture and transportation. President Rodrigo Duterte and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo witnessed the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on agriculture and the joint declaration on

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Tondo police chief, 12 cops relieved after alleged jail inside police station found

April 28, 2017

National Capital Region Police Regional Director Oscar Albayalde on Friday ordered the relief of the head of Manila Police District Station 1 and 12 others following the existence of an alleged secret jail in a police station in Tondo. “In

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