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Gov’t addressing national urgent concerns of Filipinos, Palace says

Gov’t addressing national urgent concerns of Filipinos, Palace says

April 11, 2017

The Duterte administration is addressing the urgent concerns raised by the Filipinos in a recent survey, a Palace official said on Tuesday. A Pulse Asia survey in March showed the most urgent national concerns of Filipinos include increasing salaries of

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Soldier killed, two wounded in Cotabato

April 11, 2017

One soldier was killed while two others were wounded in an encounter in Cotabato province last Monday. Capt. Alexander Cabales, public affairs officer of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division,  said troops were conducting combat operation when they encountered around 40

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Peso advances to P49.635 against US dollar

April 11, 2017

The peso surged on Tuesday, closing at P49.635 against the US dollar from P49.05 in the previous day. Volume at the Philippine Dealing System reached $577 million from P1.119 billion on Monday. But stocks fell to profit-taking as the Philippine

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Philippines to grow 6.9 percent in 2017, 2018: World Bank

April 11, 2017

The Philippine economy may expand at 6.9 percent this year and in 2018 due to government’s commitment to further increase public infrastructure investment, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The new projection was slightly lower than the 7.0 percent estimate

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Suspected Abu Sayyaf enters Bohol, 5 killed in clash with security forces   

April 11, 2017

Five suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists and three soldiers with one policeman were killed while two were wounded in an encounter in Bohol on Tuesday morning. In a joint press statement, Lt. Gen. Oscar Lactao, central command chief and

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De La Rosa leads inspection of bus terminals

April 11, 2017

Philippine National Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa led the inspection of the public transport terminals and church in Metro Manila on Tuesday as part of its security preparation for the Lenten break. Dela Rosa was accompanied by the director

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Planned rice imports need validation, review

April 11, 2017

A planned importation of additional 250,000-metric tons of rice for the country’s buffer stocks may have to be reviewed and validated as the Department of Agriculture expects a bumper rice harvest this planting season, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said. “So

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CA upholds conviction of 2 Indonesians for murder

April 11, 2017

The Court of Appeals has sustained the decision of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court convicting two Indonesians for murder with double attempted murder, in connection with their involvement in the 2003 bombing of the Awang Airport in Maguindanao that

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