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Palace welcomes resumption of budget hearings

August 23, 2018

Malacanang welcomed on Thursday a plan to resume budget hearing next week. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, however, told reporters there were no changes in the proposed cash-based P3.757 trillion budget. As far as he knew, he said there was no

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July tourist arrivals grew 5.86% to 601,322

August 23, 2018

The Department of Tourism (DOT) said Thursday foreign visitor arrivals for July tallied at 601, 322, growing 5.86 percent from the 568, 035 in the same period last year. This brings the total visitor count from January to July at

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Duterte: Philippines needs more citizens like Ninoy Aquino

August 21, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said the Philippines needs more citizens like late Senator Benigno Aquino III to bring the country to a better future. This as Duterte joined the entire Filipino nation in celebrating the Ninoy Aquino Day on Tuesday. “In

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CHR to Duterte: ‘Ninja’ cops deserve due process too

August 20, 2018

The Commission on Human Rights on Sunday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer of P5-million for those who could kill “ninja” cops. While the CHR agreed that “ninja” or scalawag cops are disgraced to the Philippine National Police, but their lives

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Over 4,400 drug suspects killed in 2 years or 6 individuals per day: gov’t data

August 17, 2018

Some 4,410 drug personalities were killed for the past two years since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office and declared war on illegal drugs, according to government data. This means that an average of six persons were killed daily during the

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Palace assures proposed 2019 budget pork-free

August 16, 2018

Malacanang assured on Thursday that the proposed P3.757 trillion budget is pork-free. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Panfilo Lacson said there were hundreds of billions of pesos in the proposed budget next year which could be considered as

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Duterte prefers a junta than Robredo to succeed him

August 15, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said he prefers a junta than to allow Vice President Leni Robredo to succeed him in case he steps down or is removed from office. In a speech in Malacanang on Tuesday before some businessmen and government

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At least 4 reported dead in monsoon rains, PNP to enforce price freeze in affected areas

At least 4 reported dead in monsoon rains, PNP to enforce price freeze in affected areas

August 13, 2018

At least four persons were reported dead in last weekend’s monsoon rains in the metropolis, the National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday. Dioscoro Camacho, 36, and Gloria Mendoza, 61, drowned in Marikina and Quezon City, NDRRMC said.

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