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Sanofi Pasteur rejects refund for used Dengvaxia doses

February 5, 2018

Sanofi Pasteur said they have declined the request of the Department of Health (DOH) to refund the used doses of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia amounting to almost P2 billion. “Agreeing to refund the used doses of Dengvaxia would imply that

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Duterte says federalism to prevent war in Mindanao, not perpetuate himself in power

February 2, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte said he has been pushing for a federal form of government to avoid war in Mindanao and not because he wants to perpetuate himself in power. Duterte reiterated he could step down from office even before his

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Duterte tells indigenous people not to join NPA as they’ll be killed

February 2, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte discouraged indigenous people or  lumads in Mindanao from joining the communist New People’s Army, saying they would just be killed and they cannot bring down the government. In his speech during the IP Leaders’ Summit in Davao

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No “creeping dictatorship” in Palace-backed Cha-cha, official says

February 1, 2018

Malacanang assured on Thursday “creeping dictatorship” would not happen as Congress pushes for Palace-backed Charter change. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement in response to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ “pastoral guidelines for discerning the moral dimension

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EU hopes 60-40 restriction in Philippine ownership to be lifted as Congress talks on Cha-cha; investors’ confidence affected by govt policies, not Duterte’s rhetorics

February 1, 2018

The European Union said on Thursday the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership has holding back European businessmen to invest in the Philippines. This as the investors from Europe look more on the government’s policies than on the rhetorics of President

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No impasse over suspension of deputy ombudsman, Palace says

February 1, 2018

Malacanang insisted on Thursday that there was no impasse between the Executive and the Office of the Ombudsman on the suspension order against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang. In a press briefing in Baguio City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said

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Palace warns Carpio at risk of violating legal process for defying order to suspend deputy

January 31, 2018

Malacanang warned on Wednesday Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales is at risk of violating the legal process if she defies to implement its order suspending Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Morales said she

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Duterte assures residents gov’t won’t leave Marawi until fully rebuilt

January 30, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte assured on Tuesday residents in war-torn Marawi City the government would not leave the city until it is fully rebuilt. In a speech during the distribution of certificate of acceptance and occupancy of temporary shelter units in Marawi, Duterte

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