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Duterte urges Congress to immediately pass priority bills

July 23, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Monday Congress to pass priority measures of his administration, including second tax reform package and amendment to the Labor Code that would totally stop contractualization. In his third State of the Nation Address at Batasang

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Duterte: War on drugs won’t be sidelined; to be “relentless, chilling”

July 23, 2018

While his administration is on its third year, President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Monday that his administration’s war on illegal drugs would be “relentless and chilling.” In his third State of the Nation Address, Duterte said he could not be

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Duterte assures to continue defending Philippine interests in South China Sea

July 23, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte assured on Monday his administration would continue to defend the Philippines’ interests in the disputed South China Sea despite the improved relationship with China. In his third State of the Nation Address, Duterte cited the “re-energized relations” between the

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Ombudsman indicts Napoles, 6 others in fertilizer fund scam

July 23, 2018

The Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to charge Janet Lim Napoles and officials from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit (DA RFU) XIII in Butuan City for the irregularities in the procurement of fertilizers for the Agricultural

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Bicam committee okays Bangsamoro bill

July 19, 2018

The bicameral conference committee of Congress approved on Wednesday evening the proposed Organic Law for Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BAR)  after six days of hearings. The committee led by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas held a

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Duterte cites need to address illegal drug trade in meeting with Mahathir

July 16, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte underscored on Monday the need to address transnational crime, including illegal drug trade, during his meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Duterte, who watched Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao’s victorious fight with Argentine Lucas Mathysse in Kuala Lumpur

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Duterte wants Pacquiao to retire from boxing

July 15, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he wants his friend and ally Senator Manny Pacquiao to retire after beating Argentinian Lucas Matthysse for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title. “I said he is 39,” Duterte said in an ambush

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Philippines “willing victim” of “grand larcenist, international outlaw” China: ex-DFA chief

July 12, 2018

The Philippines is a “willing victim and an abettor for embracing China’s bullying at least for the past two years since the arbitral tribunal’s decision on Manila’s case against Beijing in the South China Sea, a former Department of Foreign

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