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Palace defends visit of Lorenzana, Ano to Pag-asa Island

Palace defends visit of Lorenzana, Ano to Pag-asa Island

April 23, 2017

Malacanang on Sunday defended the visit of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Eduardo Ano and other military officials to Pag-asa Island. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the visit, done

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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Surigao del Sur

April 23, 2017

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the province of Surigao del Sur Sunday morning. On its bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the tremor at 021 km north 60 degrees east of Tandag, Surigao del Sur around

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Police officer arrested in entrapment operation

April 23, 2017

A Philippine National Police task force on Sunday arrested a police officer in an entrapment operation for robbery and extortion. The Counter Intelligence Task Force personnel arrested SPO1 Gomercindo Digma around 1:20 in the morning at JP Rizal, Marikina City

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Three more Abu Sayyaf members killed in Bohol

April 23, 2017

The combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police killed another three members of Abu Sayyaf Group in a series of skirmishes in Bohol Saturday evening. This came after the AFP Central Command said on

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Abu Sayyaf sub-leader killed in Bohol encounter

April 22, 2017

State security forces killed on Saturday a suspected sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group in a renewed firefight in Bohol province. According to authorities, the encounter broke out at around 12:45pm in Bacani village, Clarin town, near Inabanga town where

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5 killed in truck, motorcycles collision in Cotabato

April 22, 2017

A 10-wheeler truck collided with three motorcycles in Cotabato province on Saturday, resulting to the death of five people, police said. The truck, loaded with more or less 700 cases of Pepsi Cola products, when travelling on the national highway

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Kin identifies slain Japanese businessman

April 22, 2017

The family of Japanese Seiki Mizuno, who was killed by motorcycle riding criminals on Thursday, arrived on Saturday in Manila from Japan. Upon arrival, Mizuno’s wife, Takako, 48, and his father and younger brother went to a funeral parlor in

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41,000 gov’t forces to secure ASEAN next week -NCRPO

April 22, 2017

Some 41,000 security and other government personnel will be deployed in Metro Manila, particularly in places where the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and other meetings will be held this coming week, police said on Saturday. In an

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