Police bust marijuana lab in San Juan

September 20, 2019

Authorities discovered a marijuana cultivation room inside a condominium in San Juan last Thursday evening. Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar. National Capitol Region Police chief, said elements from San Juan City Police Station and Eastern Police District implemented a search

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Duterte’s marching order to incoming AFP chief: end insurgency

September 20, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Lt. Gen. Noel Clement, incoming chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, to end the communist insurgency. In a statement on Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Clement, who heads the AFP-Central

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Three teenagers die in Palawan vehicular accident

September 20, 2019

Three teenagers who are all on a motorcycle died in a vehicular accident in Palawan on Thursday. Police Lieutenant Colonel Aries Faltado, spokesperson of Mimaropa(Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) regional office, said the incident happened around 12:30 pm at the national

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BI deporting Japanese wanted for violating copyright law on Sept. 24

September 20, 2019

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is deporting a Japanese fugitive arrested in Pasay City two and a half months ago  wanted by authorities in Tokyo for violating a copyright law by operating an illegal online manga comic library.  Information obtained

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PNP stops manhunt for those freed by GCTA but have not surrendered

September 20, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Friday temporarily stopped their manhunt operations as they are still waiting for a “clean” list from the Department of Justice. “Nanhunt operations by 106 tracker teams had been put on hold but continuous

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Guevarra asks Ano to suspend arrest of remaining GCTA convicts who have not surrendered

September 20, 2019

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday asked Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano to suspend the arrest of convicts who were prematurely released due to good conduct time allowance, but who have not returned to the Bureau of Corrections despite President Rodrigo

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AFP defends memorandum signed with Dito last week

September 19, 2019

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) emphasized the qualification of Dito Telecommunity, defending the memorandum of agreement they signed with the company last week. “This has passed through government scrutiny, National Telecommunication Commission for example. They were able to

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Plaza laments Lopez’s failure to defend PEZA’s incentives as gov’t pushes CITIRA

September 19, 2019

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director-General Charito Plaza lamented on Thursday the apparent failure of Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez to defend PEZA incentives and programs amid the administration’s move to push for the passage of Corporate Income Tax and Incentives

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