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(UPDATE) Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Batangas, Intensity 4 felt in Metro Manila

(UPDATE) Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Batangas, Intensity 4 felt in Metro Manila

August 11, 2017

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Batangas at 1:28 pm on Friday and its effects were felt in Metro Manila where people temporarily left their offices, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Gail Rivera, science research assistant of Philvolcs, said

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200,000 poultry to be culled after confirmed cases of Avian Influenza

August 11, 2017

Some 200,000 poultry will be culled after Philippine authorities have confirmed cases of Avian Influenza (AI) subtype H5 in Pampanga province, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday. In a press conference in Quezon City, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said

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AFP urges other local gov’t units to “duplicate” Negros campaign vs NPA

August 11, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines urged on Friday other local government units to duplicate the campaign of Negros Occidental which is offering incentives to civilians who could provide information to neutralize communist New People’s Army. In the “Mindanao Hour”

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Duterte says corruption “real cancer” in Philippines, calls Customs “graft-ridden”

August 11, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has said the “real cancer” in the country are the corrupt people as he called the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as “graft-ridden” agency. “The real cancer in our country are the people,” he said in a speech

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Duterte creates inter-agency task force to speed up rehab of Yolanda-hit areas

August 10, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte created a special task force to oversee use of the multi-billion funds allotted for areas damaged by Supertyphoon Yolanda (Hainan) in Leyte and Samar 2013. The president signed last Tuesday as questions remain on delay of rehabilitation

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QC police station driver arrested in entrapment operation

August 10, 2017

A driver of Quezon City police station No.5 head Supt. Bobby Glen Ganipac was arrested by the Philippine National Police Counter-Intelligence Task Force in an entrapment operation on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Jose Chiquito Malayo, chief of task force, told reporters

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CHED lifts moratorium on off-campus activities

August 10, 2017

The Commission on Higher Education has lifted the moratorium preventing off-campus activities by the students but put in palce tighter measures, an official said on Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera III said for

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Monetary Board keeps rates steady

August 10, 2017

The Monetary Board, policy- making body of the central bank, on Thursday maintained interest rate on the BSP’s overnight reverse repurchase (RRP) facility at 3 percent. The corresponding interest rates on the overnight lending and deposit facilities were also kept

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