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DOLE officially imposes ban on OFW deployment to Kuwait

February 12, 2018

Two days after an order from President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Monday officially imposed a total ban on deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait. In a press conference, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III

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Duterte orders repatriation of Filipino household workers in Kuwait

February 9, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Friday the Department of Labor and Employment to repatriate  Filipinos in Kuwait who want to go home within 72 hours. Duterte said he directed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to bring home “everyone who wants to come home.”

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Duterte ready to argue his case personally before the ICC, official says

February 8, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to argue his case personally before the International Criminal Court, a Palace official said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also expressed belief that the complaint filed by Filipino lawyer Jude Sabio against Duterte in relation

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Council to find out if shortage of NFA rice true or “drama,” Evasco says

February 7, 2018

The National Food Authority Council would find out if there is really a shortage of NFA rice or just a “drama” to pressure the interagency body to approve a proposal to import rice, an official said on Wednesday. In a

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Philippines not “too soft” on China, one with ASEAN in raising concern over activities in disputed waters, official says

February 7, 2018

The Philippines is not treating China “too soft” as it was one with the other Southeast Asian countries in raising concern over China’s continuous reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, an official said on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in

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Duterte witnesses wrecking of smuggled luxury cars

February 6, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte witnessed on Tuesday the destruction of 20 smuggled luxury vehicles amounting to over P61 million at the Bureau of Customs in Manila. Aside from the condemnation of the luxury cars in Manila, simultaneous destruction of 10 high-end

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Palace shrugs off Joma’s threat for NPA to kill one soldier a day

February 5, 2018

Malacanang shrugged off on Monday the statement of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison that the New People’s Army (NPA) could kill at least one soldier every day to compel the government to return to the

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Palace distances itself from China’s militarization of South China Sea, saying it didn’t happen overnight

February 5, 2018

China’s militarization of the South China Sea did not happen overnight as reclamation in the disputed waters took place during the previous administration, an official said on Monday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque admitted the Duterte administration

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