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Abe arriving on Thursday for two-day official visit

January 10, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will arrive in Manila on Thursday before proceeding to Davao City for a two-day official visit, Malacanang said on Tuesday. Abe is the first head of government that President Rodrigo Duterte will be welcoming in

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UPDATE: Eight crewmen killed as armed men attack fishing boat

January 10, 2017

Eight crewmen of a fishing boat were killed as armed men attacked a vessel at the high seas of Laud Siromon, Barangay Dita, Zamboanga City Monday night. But a military spokesman virtually ruled out the attack was done by the

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UPDATE: 7.2 magnitude quake off Celebes Sea

January 10, 2017

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred off Mindanao, with the epicenter at Celebes Sea on Tuesday,  according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The quake, which  struck around 2:13 pm, was 223 kilometers southeast of  Tongkil, Sulu. No tsunami warning

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Two jail officials relieved after big prison escape in North Cotabato

January 10, 2017

The regional director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the North Cotabato  provincial warden were relieved even as authorities have recaptured less than half of those inmates which bolted from a jail last week. In a

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UPDATE: Black Nazarene procession trouble free

January 10, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of devotees joined the annual procession of the Feast of the Black Nazarene as it was brought from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church on Monday morning. Underscoring tight security, cellphone signals were cut around 5 am

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Storm warning signal lifted as “Auring” weakens into a low pressure area

January 9, 2017

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)  on Monday lifted signal number one  over several areas  after tropical depression “ Auring” weakened into a low pressure area  around 10:30 am. As of 5pm, the low pressure area was

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Defense cooperation deal with Russia not same as Mutual Defense Treaty with US

January 9, 2017

The defense cooperation deal being planned between Philippines and Russia is not the same as the Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States, said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday. “Military-to-military cooperation. It’s not the same with the US treaty.

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AFP aims to “significantly defeat” terrorist groups in six months

January 9, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is targeting to finish the terrorist groups in country within the next six months. “Yes that is our target, in fact what the Chief of Staff gave, Gen. Ano, is the next six

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