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Morente not yet off the hook, Palace says

February 21, 2020

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente is not yet off the hook amid the bribery allegations in the agency involving the entry of illegal Chinese workers at the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators. In an interview on Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said

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Duterte hits Trillanes anew

February 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday politicians, such as former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, should be avoided as they are just grandstanding. Duterte renewed his attack against Trillanes a day after his staunch critic launched a youtube vlog to present

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Duterte on Immigration Commissioner Morente: I love him; he’s kind

February 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte indicated on Thursday that Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente was not involved in the “pastillas” scheme in the agency. This as Duterte said the Immigration officials and employees allegedly involved in the bribery scam would be dismissed. “Apparently,

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Lorenzana says Chinese Coast Guard intermittently present around Pagasa Island

February 20, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday there were intermittent presence of China Coast Guard vessels around  Pagasa Island. “There were presence there intermittently but varying in numbers,” he said after Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI)

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Locsin, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold talks in Vientiane

February 20, 2020

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 19 February 2020 in Vientiane, Laos, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.  At the meeting, which was held on the eve

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500 Filipinos from cruise ship returning home Sunday: DOH

February 20, 2020

Five hundred Filipinos on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama are set to be repatriated on Sunday. In a press conference late Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said some 500 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess vessel have

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Gov’t ready to provide security to Espenido, says Palace

February 20, 2020

Malacanang said on Thursday that the government is ready to provide security to Police Lt.Colonel Jovie Espenido. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Espenido, one of the poster boys of President Rodrigo Duterte in his war on drugs

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Drug lords in Bilibid may be behind death of Santos: Dela Rosa

February 20, 2020

Drug lords at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) may be behind the death of the suspended Bureau of Correction (BuCor) legal service chief Fredric Anthony Santos, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said on Thursday. “Based on my experience, those who ordered

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