PSE index, peso end lower

September 3, 2019

The main Philippine stock index and the peso ended lower on Tuesday. The peso finished at P52.31 against the US dollar from Monday’s P52,105. Volume at the foreign exchange portal at the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.336 billion

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Año says criminals ordered released by BuCor under GCTA should return to prison

September 3, 2019

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday said criminals allowed by the Bureau of Corrections to be released due to Good Conduct and Time Allowance (GCTA) should return to prison. “For me, if they committed heinous crimes and (they are) drug

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PNP chief berates cop arrested in Muntinlupa buy bust

September 3, 2019

Police General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday scolded a cop arrested in a buy bust operation in Muntinlupa City Monday night. “Who are you embarrassing? Yourself or the Philippine National Police?” the  PNP chief asked Patrolman Leo Valdez after he was

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Around 300 police officers being monitored for drugs link: PNP

September 3, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said around 300 cops  are being monitored after they were included in the drugs watchlist of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press briefing, Police General Oscar Albayalde said out of the 854

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Philippine Navy joining ASEAN-US maritime drill

September 3, 2019

The Philippine Navy is taking part on a joint maritime drills between the navies of the ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and the United States dubbed as ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise which opened in a ceremony in Thailand on

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Three senators file bill repealing Good Conduct Time Allowance Law

September 3, 2019

Three senators on Tuesday filed a bill repealing the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law which paved way for the release of heinous crime convicts and almost granted the release of convicted rapist-murderer ex-Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez.    Senate President Vicente

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BuCor says Sanchez’s violations while jailed not reflected in prison records

September 3, 2019

The Bureau of Corrections  ( BuCor) Tuesday said violations committed by convicted rapist-murderer and former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez while incarcerated were not reflected in his prison records. During the second day of Senate Committee on Justice and Blue Ribbon

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More a million pesos worth of prohibited sea shells confiscated by military in Zamboanga City

September 2, 2019

More than a million pesos worth of prohibited sea shells were intercepted by the government forces in Zamboanga City last Saturday, a report from Naval Forces Western Mindanao said Monday. Initial report shows that the unmarked Jungkung-type watercraft loaded with

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