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Magnitude 4.6 quake hits Davao

February 23, 2017

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 and tectonic in origin occurred in Davao Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ( Phivolcs) said. The quake’s epicenter was recorded nine kilometers west of Davao City, said Phvivolcs). There

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SC nullifies memorandum of agreement for RFID project

February 22, 2017

The Supreme Court nullified the Radio Frequency Identification Project Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the government with Stradcom Corp. (Stradcom) in 2009 without public bidding and ordered the fees refunded. The RFID project of the Land Transportation Office entails

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BOC, PDEA, Chinese agents join forces to stop drug smuggling

February 22, 2017

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) joined forces with China’s Fujian Provincial Drug Law Enforcement Agency to stop prohibited drugs from entering the Philippines. In a meeting on February 21, Director Neil Anthony Estrella of

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P1,000 additional monthly benefit for SSS pensioners to be released retroactively March

February 22, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte approved on Wednesday a P1,000 increase in benefits of 2.2 million pensioners of the Social Security System. In a memorandum to Amado Valdez, SSS chairperson, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said, “upon representations made by SSS, and subject to existing

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One soldier wounded in battle with Abu Sayyaf in Sulu  Tuesday

February 22, 2017

One soldier was wounded in an encounter with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu on Tuesday morning, a military spokesperson said Wednesday. Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay of the Western Mindanao Command, said the Joint Task Force Sulu were conducting

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Palace dismisses Amnesty report on human rights

February 22, 2017

Malacanang dismissed on Wednesday the annual report of the Amnesty International, which included President Rodrigo Duterte as one among the world leaders “wielding a toxic agenda that hounds, scapegoats and dehumanizes entire groups of people.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson

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Traditional ceremony in EDSA People Power anniversary won’t be done

February 22, 2017

The traditional “Salubungan” of police and military during the EDSA People Power Revolution anniversaries will not be done this year. “With regards to the decision on what will continue to be part of the celebration which one will be taken

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Duterte to skip Edsa People Power anniversary on Friday

February 22, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has no plan of gracing the commemoration of the 31st Edsa People Power Revolution to be held Friday and not Saturday, and inside the military headquarters and not at the People Power Monument. While the Duterte administration

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