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Duterte says court to decide if Aquino, others guilty for “Kidapawan massacre”

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday that it would be up to the court to decide on whether former President Benigno Aquino III and other officials were responsible in the bloody dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City a year

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Duterte reiterates conditions as opening of PH, NDF peace talks delayed

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Sunday that discussions of the government peace panel with its communist counterpart on a bilateral ceasefire deal should be confined within the four conditions he earlier set as they face each other again in the

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Drug killings shall not affect EU-PH trade, Abella says

April 2, 2017

Malacanang said on Sunday the alleged extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines should not affect its trade with the European Union. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella was reacting on the reported warning of EU Ambassador Franz Jessen that the

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Palace belittles NDF “indictment” of Aquino, etal on Kidapawan bloody dispersal

April 2, 2017

Malacanang slammed on Sunday the communist National Democratic Front for ordering the arrest of former President Benigno Aquino III and other government officials for the bloody dispersal of protesting farmers along a highway in Kidapawan City a year ago. In

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Joint truce with Reds to ascertain who’s in control of them, says AFP spokesman

April 2, 2017

A military official said on Sunday that a joint ceasefire agreement would determine if the leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines still have the control over their armed members. In a radio interview, Armed Forces of the Philippines

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US guided-missile destroyer arrives  

April 1, 2017

The USS Fitzgerald,  an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer,  arrived in the country on Saturday. In a press release, the US Embassy said the USS Fitzgerald is on a brief port call in Subic Bay. The embassy noted the port visit

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Woman cop who is suspect in shooting gives up

April 1, 2017

A woman cop who allegedly shot the husband of her former lover surrendered on Friday to Novaliches police on Friday. The suspect,  Police Officer 1 Wealyn Ojastro, surrendered to Novaliches police station 4 head Superintendent April Mark Young at 3:30

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Palace criticizes portion of Time article on its poll  

April 1, 2017

Malacanang criticized a part of  the Time Magazine poll article which showed President Rodrigo Duterte as having manipulated social media to get a clear lead in a poll for the world’s most influential person. In the third paragraph of the

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