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Razon’s move in Manila Water won’t affect revised water deal: DOJ

February 5, 2020

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said tycoon Enrique Razon’s purchase of 25 percent of Manila Water shares will not affect government’s revision of the onerous and grossly disadvantageous provisions in the concession agreements with the two water firms. “The CA (concession

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Royal Thai Navy contingents pay courtesy call to PN

February 5, 2020

Contingents of the Royal Thai Navy visited the Philippine Navy  headquarters on Wednesday. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, acting public affairs director of the Navy, said  the RTN contingents paid a courtesy call on newly-installed Flag Officer in Command Rear

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Inflation rises to 2.9%, highest since June 2019: PSA

February 5, 2020

Inflation rose to an eight-month high of 2.9 percent due to higher transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority ( PSA) said Wednesday. ”This is the highest inflation recorded since June 2019, in which the inflation was posted at 2.7 percent,” the

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CIDG receives initial list of plane passengers where two Chinese who had nCoV were onboard

February 5, 2020

The Philippine National Police- Criminal investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Wednesday said they received the initial list of passengers on flights where the two Chinese who later tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus were also onboard. In an

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Armed men abduct doctor in Sulu

February 5, 2020

A doctor was abducted by armed men in Sulu on Tuesday, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Maj. Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman, said Daniel Moreno was in his clinic in Barangay Walled

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DA pays P900m for culled hogs in Davao Occidental

February 5, 2020

The Department of Agriculture has paid P900 million to the hog raisers in Davao Occidental after their animals were culled following the spread of African swine fever in the province. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Wednesday Agriculture Secretary William Dar

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DILG directs police to assist DOH in tracing passengers of plane which had two coronavirus patients

February 5, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday said they directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist the Department of Health (DOH) in tracing passengers who also took the same flights with the two persons who

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Duterte OKs AFP, PNP housing units to be used by Taal-displaced families

February 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the request of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development ( DHSUD)  to provide the housing units supposedly for the military and police to the families displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano. In

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