PNP says “five to 10” foreign terrorists monitored in country

January 9, 2017

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed there are around “five to 10” foreign terrorists monitored in the country. “ I cannot give you the exact number but as far as intelligence is concerned we have monitored

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Local terrorist groups outdoing each other in brutality: Duterte 

January 9, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that the local terrorist groups in the country are competing for recognition by the international terror Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by outdoing each other in brutality. In a speech during the

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Temperature falls to 11 degrees

January 9, 2017

BAGUIO CITY—Residents woke up Monday morning to 11 degree Celsius temperature, and the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astromonical Services Administration (PAGASA) sees the mercury sliding downwards until February. People have added a layer of clothing to keep warm, especially tourists.

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NDF consultant admits deal on socio-economic reform not likely in Rome talks   

January 9, 2017

A consultant of the leftist National Democratic Front (NDF) Satur Ocampo acknowledged on Monday that discussions on the comprehensive agreement on socio-economic reforms (CASER) in the next round of talks later this month could not be sufficient to reach a

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Policy on contractualization could be signed in February

January 9, 2017

The labor department’s new policy on contractualization could be released by February as it needs to present this before the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council  on January 14. Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say said this is a conservative estimate. “If the

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Black Nazarene procession trouble free

January 9, 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, already weak around midnight, were

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MMDA says operators of nine bus terminals along EDSA must comply with new policy by Monday

January 8, 2017

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) gave operators of nine bus terminals along EDSA in Pasay City to follow the “nose-in, nose-out policy” Monday or else face sanctions, fines or even impounding of their buses. MMDA General Manager Thomas Orbos

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Gov’t watching 4.9 million persons who could be affected by “Auring”

January 8, 2017

The Philippine government has been monitoring some 4.9 million individuals who could be affected by Tropical Depression “Auring”, the first weather disturbance to affect the country for 2017 and which made its landfall in Surigao del Norte province, the Department

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