The Daily Manila Shimbun

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Gov’t troops seize alleged NPA explosives cache in Camarines Norte

July 1, 2020

Government troops seized a big number of explosives believed to be owned by New People’s Army (NPA) in Camarines Norte on Monday, a military official said on Wednesday. Capt. John Paul Belleza, public affairs officer of the 9th Infantry Division,

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Army chief calls Sulu incident ”murder”, ”rubout”

July 1, 2020

Army chief Lt. General Gilbert Gapay called the killing of four intelligence officers allegedly by policemen in Sulu “murder” and “rubout”. “Yes it was murder. It is murder,”, Gapay said in an interview with reporters during the arrival of the

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Cebu stays under ECQ; Metro Manila under GCQ – Duterte

July 1, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday night that Cebu City will continue under the enhanced community quarantine while Metro Manila will also remain under the general community quarantine beginning July 1. In a taped televised message during his meeting with

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Interim operations of EDSA Busway starts today

July 1, 2020

The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), will start today interim operations of the EDSA Busway. The start of the interim operations of the EDSA Busway will complement

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Domagoso locks down 31 barangays from July 4 to 5

July 1, 2020

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso will place 31 barangays under a 48-hour hard lockdown. Domagoso signed Executive Order No. 31 Tuesday implementing an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in these barangays for purposes of disease surveillance, rapid risk assessment

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AFP claims no firefight occurred when four soldiers were shot in Jolo

July 1, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) claims there was no firefight when two Army officers and two soldiers were killed by policemen in Sulu on Monday. “Based on report to us, there is no exchange of fire,” Brig. Gen.

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WHO says no need for Metro Manila to go back to stricter quarantine

June 30, 2020

The World Health Organization does not see the need for Metro Manila to return to stricter quarantine measure. In the “Laging Handa” press briefing, WHO Representative in the Philippines Rabindra Abeyasinghe acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic does not impact only

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No survivor found yet in collision of fishing boat, cargo vessel: PCG

June 30, 2020

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said its search and rescue team has not seen any of the 14 missing Filipino crew of a fishing vessel which collided with a Hong Kong registered ship Saturday night off Occidental Mindoro. But PCG

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