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PNP says big ticket items will not affected by Duterte’s order on procurement

January 15, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday their big ticket projects will not be affected by the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to remove its procurement powers. “There is not much effect because of our practice on early procurement,”

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DILG watching presence of local officials in areas affected by Taal Volcano

January 15, 2020

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday said they are monitoring the presence of mayors and governors in affected areas of the Taal Volcano eruption. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said he issued a memorandum to DILG-Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-

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Philippine, China coast guards conduct maritime drill in Manila Bay

January 15, 2020

The Philippine and China coast guards conducted its first maritime exercise in Manila Bay Wednesday. Capt. Armand Balilo, PCG spokesman, said the joint maritime drills on search and rescue and combating fire at sea were participated by CCG vessel 5204

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BFP ordered to clear roads of ashfall

January 15, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday ordered the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to mobilize all resources to help clear roads of ashfall in  areas affected by the Taal Volcano eruption. “In these trying times, we must unite as a

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Taal Volcano still on Alert Level 4, more fissures seen

January 15, 2020

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday kept Taal Volcano under Alert Level 4 after it observed ”generally weaker eruption of the main crater” but it reported new fissures in three municipalities of Batangas.  In a press briefing,

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DILG: Taal Volcano island strictly off limits

January 15, 2020

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) reiterated Wednesday that Taal Volcano Island in the middle of Taal Lake is strictly off limits to any and all persons. The DILG directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to stop those

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Duterte asks Navy to bring home safely Filipinos in Middle East

January 15, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte led on Tuesday the send-off ceremony of two Navy vessels to fetch the Filipinos in the Middle East amid the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. The Naval Task Group (NTG) 82 comprising around 400

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Duterte to evacuees: Nobody is allowed to go back until it’s safe

January 15, 2020

BATANGAS CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte advised on Tuesday the families displaced by the Taal Volcano eruption not to return to their homes yet. Duterte visited some 3,500 evacuees from Lemery, Taal, Agoncillo, and San Nicolas, some of the municipalities

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