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Cops who do heinous crimes must be punished with death penalty: Año

December 23, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday said policemen who committed heinous crimes must be punished with the death penalty. Año made the statement after a police officer shot a mother and her son  in Paniqui, Tarlac last Sunday. “If we

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COVID-19 cases can be lowered sans MECQ – UP expert

December 23, 2020

  Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines can decline even without going back to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), a stricter quarantine classification, an expert from Octa Research Group of the University of the Philippines said on Wednesday. In

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Quezon municipal police chief relieved for allegedly violating IATF protocols

December 23, 2020

The chief of Dolores Municipal Police Station in Quezon Province relieved for allegedly violating the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) protocols,  the head of the Quezon Provincial Police Office said. Col. Audie Madrideo said Capt. Joseph Ian Java was administratively relieved

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Violence by local terrorist groups on ”a downtrend”: Gapay

December 23, 2020

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Gilbert Gapay said violent incidents by local terrorist groups are on ”a downtrend.” “Their manpower, to include the number of their firearms, continue to decline so it’s in a downtrend,” Gapay said.

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Sinas orders probers to place witnesses in Paniqui shooting under WPP

December 23, 2020

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Debold Sinas on Tuesday said he directed investigators to apply all witnesses in the shooting of a police officer to  a mother and her son in Paniqui, Tarlac into the government’s witness protection program

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Sinas says PNP ”cut” salary of cop who shot mother, son

December 23, 2020

The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said they have cut the salary of Police Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca while his dismissal proceedings are ongoing. In an ambush interview during his visit in Paniqui, Tarlac late Tuesday,

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Duterte orders suspension of flights from UK for a week

December 23, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of all flights from the United Kingdom where a new variant and more contagious coronavirus disease has been reported. He made the directive following the recommendation by the Inter-Agency Task Force for

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New quarantine classification to be done for January despite reported rising COVID-19 cases in some regions – Palace

December 22, 2020

Despite the rising number of coronavirus disease cases in some regions, Malacanang said on Tuesday that new quarantine classifications would be done for January next year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in a televised press briefing, said the Inter-Agency Task Force

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