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SC junks rapist-killer Sanchez’s bid for release due to technicality

January 5, 2020

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition of convicted rapist-killer former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez that the government should release him as a beneficiary of the controversial good conduct time allowance law. The high court, in a resolution issued

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“Zero-casualty” eyed in Black Nazarene Traslacion on Jan. 9

January 5, 2020

An official of Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene on Sunday said they are eyeing for a “zero-casualty” during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on January 9. In a radio interview, Basilica’s rector Monsignor Hernando Coronel

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Health department on alert vs mysterious disease from China

January 5, 2020

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has ordered the Bureau of Quarantine to heighten its watch of all incoming travelers to prevent possible entry of the reported mysterious disease from China. The Department of Health chief said the Quarantine personnel should

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Militiaman killed in Basilan

January 5, 2020

A lone gunman shot dead a 43-year old militiaman in Basilan province, military said on Sunday. Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Arvin John Encinas said militiaman Kali Jalaidi Ismali was killed around 8:55am Saturday in Barangay Fuente in Maluso town.

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DILG files raps vs 10 local execs for non-compliance to road clearing directive

January 5, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has filed administrative charges against ten (10) local chief executives (LCEs) for failing to comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to clear roads of illegal obstructions and return to the public

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Cimatu orders DENR workers to do daily cleanup of Manila Bay

January 5, 2020

Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered officials and employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct daily cleanup activities at Manila’s Baywalk area and Baseco beach as part of the ongoing rehabilitation of Manila Bay. “I

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Lorenzana says situation in Iran being watched

January 5, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the situation in Iran is being  watched after the death of a top Iranian general which was caused by a US airstrike. “I don’t see any threat to our security here at home. Yet. This

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Santos admits AFP can’t end insurgency during his term

January 4, 2020

Lt. General Filemon Santos Jr, the new Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, admitted that he will not be able to end the insurgency within his term which ends in August. “Not within my term. Within the term

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