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Medialdea announces promotion of five police officers

January 24, 2020

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea announced the promotion of five police officers to the next higher rank at the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a statement Thursday, Medialdea said Brigadier General Debold Sinas and Brigadier General Joel Napoleon Martinez Coronel, were

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Duterte orders ending VFA with US

January 24, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the termination of the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, his spokesman said on Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters that Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has told the members of

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Two Thais arrested in separate buy busts

January 24, 2020

Two Thai nationals were arrested and a total of P25 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in two separate police operations on Thursday. Around 12:15 pm , Pasay police conducted a buy-bust operation inside KFC along Sunset Avenue corner

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PHOTO: China coronavirus epidemic

January 24, 2020

Medical staff transfers a patient at Hospital of Wuhan Red Cross Society in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, 23 January 2020 (issued 24 January 2020). The outbreak of coronavirus has so far claimed 25 lives and infected more than 800

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Philippines down by 14 notches in 2019 Corruption Perception Index

January 24, 2020

The Philippines has dropped by 14 notches in the Corruption Perception Index 2019, according to the Transparency International. In the latest CPI, the Philippines ranked 113th out of 180 countries included in the report. In 2018, Manila was at 99th

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Lorenzana no comment on Duterte threat to end VFA with US

January 24, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana refused to comment on the threat of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to terminate the 20-year-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States. “Too soon to comment,” the defense chief said on Thursday night. However, Lorenzana

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Civil Aeronautics Board indefinitely suspends Philippine airline operations to Wuhan amid coronavirus threat

January 24, 2020

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has resolved to indefinitely suspend all airline operations from Wuhan in China, to any point in the Philippines and vice versa as a precautionary measure amid the threat of the novel coronavirus. The decision was

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Duterte threatens to end VFA if US won’t retain Dela Rosa’s visa

January 23, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Thursday he would terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States after it cancelled the US visa of Senator Ronald dela Rosa. In a speech in San Isidro, Leyte, Duterte said that Washington should

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