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Duterte urged bicameral appointments body to listen to Lopez’s “cries”

March 7, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Tuesday the powerful Commission on Appointments to listen to the cause of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, whose appointment is being strongly opposed by the mining sector.   In a speech in an agriculture event in

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Third unit of Japan multi-role response vessel formally commissioned to Coast Guard

March 7, 2017

The third unit of 44 meter-multi role response vessel from Japan was formally commissioned into Philippine Coast Guard in a ceremony in Manila on Tuesday.   MRRV-4403 BRP Malapascua was commissioned to PCG service by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade at

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Ombudsman indicts ex-Budget Sec Abad for DAP

Ombudsman indicts ex-Budget Sec Abad for DAP

March 7, 2017

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has found probable cause to charge former Secretary Florencio Abad of the Department of Budget and Management with violation of Article 239 (Usurpation of Legislative Powers) of the Revised Penal Code, a statement said on Tuesday.

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Cigarette firm facing probe allegedly tried to bribe Duterte: officials

March 7, 2017

A cigarette manufacturing company facing investigation for alleged use of fake tax stamps allegedly offered “package” of money, apparently as a bribe, to President Rodrigo Duterte, officials bared on Tuesday.   In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said

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Education official shot dead in Maguindanao

March 7, 2017

COTABATO CITY— A gunman shot a senior education department official inside the comfort room of a gasoline station Monday afternoon in Parang town in Maguindanao, police said Tuesday.   Nasser Devanza, Lanao del Sur superintendent, was shot inside a comfort

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Nine guards relieved at BI detention after two Koreans escape

Nine guards relieved at BI detention after two Koreans escape

March 7, 2017

Nine guards at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) detention center in Bicutan, Taguig City were relieved following the escape from detention of two Korean fugitives early Monday. In a statement on Tuesday, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said he directed the

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Philippines protests US show depicting “inappropriate” leader

March 7, 2017

The Philippine government has protested a major US TV network’s fictional show reportedly depicting a Filipino president as “exhibiting inappropriate behavior.”   In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Embassy in Washington wrote to CBS Corp. on March 6, “to

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February inflation hits three-year high

February inflation hits three-year high

March 7, 2017

Inflation in February 2017 rose to 3.3 percent from 2.7 percent in the previous month as prices of food and non-food items rose, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday. The figure last broke through the three percent range in

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