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DENR prepares for demolition of huge fish cages in Laguna Lake on Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2017

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) inspected 15 bunkhouses occupied by workers of big fishpen operators in Laguna de Bay last Friday following alleged presence of armed men. Assisted by operatives

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Duterte pledges P2-billion help for quake-hit Surigao

February 12, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday vowed to extend P2-billion financial assistance to the victims of magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Surigao del Norte province last Friday. Duterte made the pledge during his visit in Surigao City where he also extended

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3 killed in Agusan del Norte NPA attack

February 12, 2017

Three people, including a soldier, were killed when suspected communist New People’s Army (NPA) attacked a community in Agusan del Norte on Saturday, military said on Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Joy Aynera, commanding officer or the 29th Infantry Battalion of

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Palace: Up to Congress if plunder to be excluded from death penalty

February 12, 2017

Malacanang on Sunday said it respects the independence of Congress amid proposal to remove plunder as a heinous crime punishable with death. “That is an issue of the Lower House. We all know that the Lower House is an independent

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(UPDATE) At least six people die in magnitude 6.7 quake hits Surigao del Norte

February 11, 2017

At least six people died while 126 were injured due to a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit the province of Surigao Del Norte on Friday night. The earthquake, tectonic in origin, was recorded 14 km north 78 degrees west of

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Cotabato City hit by 3.7 earthquake

February 11, 2017

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit Cotabato City at 5:04 pm Saturday. Lara Gianan, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)  Science Research Assistant said the earthquake’s epicenter was at 7.28 north 124.21 east 20 km northeast ofCotabato City. It was

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Three shot dead in Quezon City

February 11, 2017

Three people were shot dead by armed men in Quezon City Saturday. Leandro Baluran, 18 and Romeo Sabang Jr., 21, who were killed by an undetermined number of gunmen at around 3:20 a.m. in Barangay Old Balara. A report from

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DILG supports legal adoption campaign

February 11, 2017

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno enjoins all local chief executives to support the Legal Adoption Campaign this February to ensure nationwide awareness of the growing number of orphaned, abandoned or neglected Filipino children in need of alternative family

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