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More than 1,000 new HIV in October: DOH

December 4, 2018

More than 1,000 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were reported in October, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Based on the October 2018 HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines, there were 1,072 new HIV cases, which is higher than

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Duterte asks police, military to reassess anti-drug operations

December 4, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked police and the military to reassess their anti-drug operations following the conviction of three cops for killing a teenager in Caloocan City last year. This as Duterte categorically said he would not pardon the three

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Filipinos’ internet use declined slightly to 41% in September: SWS survey

December 4, 2018

Internet use by Filipinos has soared to double-digits since a 2006 survey by Social Weather Stations showing usage at single digits. But on Tuesday,  an SWS poll conducted from September 15 to 23. showed 41 percent of Filipinos are internet

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Japanese national found dead in Quezon home

Japanese national found dead in Quezon home

December 4, 2018

A Japanese national was found dead inside his residence in Tayabas City, Quezon Province Monday morning.   A police report from Tayabas City Police Station said they received a call from a certain Ronaldo Labita Lorbes, who identified himself as

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Duterte backs filing of raps vs Satur Ocampo, 17 others

December 3, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he supports the arrest and filing of complaints by the police against former Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Satur Ocampo and 17 others in Davao del Norte. “I support the police and the military…you must

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One die, 18 injured in vehicular accident in Lipa, Batangas

December 3, 2018

One person died while 18 were injured in a vehicular accident in Lipa City, Batangas Monday morning.   The Batangas Provincial Police Office said the incident happened around 6:30 am at Barangay Bugtong  after a commuter van lost control due

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15-foot crocodile believed to have killed fisherman caught in Palawan

December 3, 2018

Authorities on Saturday captured a 15 feet-long crocodile believed to have killed a 33-year-old man in Balabac, Palawan last November 27. Superintendent Imelda Tolentino, spokesperson of the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) police said Monday members of the Palawan

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PNP says NPA’s special unit is ”desperate move” to show they are still strong

December 3, 2018

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday said the communist rebel’s Special Partisan Unit-Special Operations Goup (SPU-SOG) is a “desperate move” to prove to their people they are still ”a force to be reckoned with”.   “Probably, it’s

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