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Two NCRPO cops, one employee positive for drug use

September 3, 2020

Two police officers were found positive for illegal drugs during random testing last August 30, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Thursday. NCRPO chief Major General Debold Sinas said among the 260 personnel who joined the Random

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Unemployment rate down to 10% in July: PSA

September 3, 2020

The unemployment rate stood at 10 percent  in July as the economy opened up after three months of enhanced community quarantine to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday. During April, the unemployment rate was

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PNP to investigate death of nine Muslim farmers in Cotabato

September 3, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said they will investigate the death of nine Muslim farmers in Cotabato as police officers are being tagged as perpetrators of the crime. In a TV interview late Wednesday, PNP chief Lt. General Camilo Cascolan

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Military has not received court order releasing US Marine

September 3, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have not yet received the copy of the court order for the release of the United States Marine who was convicted for killing a Filipino transgender woman in 2014. “We learned about the

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Roque deplores release of US Marine Pemberton who killed transgender

September 2, 2020

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque denounced on Wednesday the order of a local court to release Joseph Scott Pemberton, the US Marine convicted for killing transgender Jennifer Laude six years ago. “As former private prosecutor for the Laude family, I deplore

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Olongapo court orders release of US soldier

September 2, 2020

The Olongapo City Regional Trial Court has ordered the early release of American soldier Joseph Scott Pemberton, who had convicted for killing a transgender  in 2014. In an order dated September 1, Judge Roline Ginez-Abalde granted the partial motion for

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Clinical trials for Avigan drug delayed

September 2, 2020

The clinical trials for the Japanese flu drug, Avigan, in the Philippines  has yet to begin almost one month since Japan turned over the tablets good for 100 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. In a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, Department

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Two public school teachers among three arrested in separate buy-busts

September 2, 2020

Three drug personalities, including two teachers, were arrested by the agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in two buy-bust operations in the cities of Calbayog. Samar and Cotabato. In a report, PDEA Region 8 identified two of the

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