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Electricity rates go up in February: Meralco

February 10, 2017

After power rates a seven-year low overall rate of P8.09 per kilowatt hour in January, Meralco said Friday, power rates for households will be increased by 92 centavos for February. The overall rate is now P9.00 per kilowatt hour, the

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Duterte stresses he will not fail in the war against drugs

February 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that he would not fail in his war against illegal drugs because he is not stupid. Duterte made the statement as he again hit former Columbian President Cesar Gaviria, whom he called as “insane.”

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Duterte again accuses de Lima as highest ranking official to be “corrupted”

February 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the “most painful episode of the modern day” is having a high official being corrupted through illegal drugs. In a speech in Davao City, the Duterte reiterated that the Philippines is a “narco-politic country.”

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Duterte cites need to reimpose death penalty

February 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that death penalty is a deterrent to the commission of heinous crimes. To prove his claim, Duterte cited a data of the  Bureau of Corrections that prior to the abolition of death penalty in

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Soldier killed, five NPAs wounded in Cagayan fighting

February 10, 2017

A soldier was killed while five New People’s Army (NPA) members were wounded in a 30-minute firefight in the province of Cagayan on Wednesday. 1st Lt. Rhea May Reyes, 5th Infantry Division public affairs office chief, said troops were conducting

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Cavite governor says second fatality recorded in HTI blaze

February 10, 2017

An employee injured in a fire that took almost two days to extinguish at a company in the economic zone in General Trias died on Thursday, Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin Remulla said. Richard Sargento, 33, a worker of House Technology  Industries

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OPAPP announces new members of the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission

February 10, 2017

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Friday announced the new members of the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), a body that will draft the new Bangsamoro enabling law. The crafting of the law is

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Two alleged NPAs arrested for involvement in burning two Philex mining trucks

February 10, 2017

Two suspected New People’s Army members were arrested following the burning incident of two Philex Mining trucks in Benguet province on Thursday. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs chief, said based on initial report around 60

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