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Duterte signs executive order controlling use of firecrackers

June 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order regulating and controlling the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices to prevent deaths and injuries. Duterte, in EO No. 28 inked on June 20, said this is “to minimize the risk

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Duterte, Widodo tackling security matters in Wednesday phone call

June 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte would ask Indonesian President Joko Widodo regarding the reported presence of a huge number of Indonesian terrorists in the Philippines. Duterte, during a media interview in Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday, said he was set to

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Cotabato attack, not diversionary tactic from Maute: military

June 21, 2017

The attack in Cotabato by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters on Wednesday morning was not a diversionary tactic by the terrorist Islamic State-linked Maute group nor a spillover of the conflict in Marawi City, a military spokesman said. In the

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BIFF fighters enter Cotabato town, said carrying 12 students as hostage: Army

June 21, 2017

Members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) attacked an outpost of a barangay peacekeeping action team in Cotabato on Wednesday morning, a military spokesman said. Capt. Arvin Encinas of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division said an undetermined number of BIFF

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Marawi deaths now 376, evacuees top 300,000

June 20, 2017

The death toll in Marawi City reached 376 as the battle between the military and the ISIS linked Maute group is close to a month, the International Red Cross said Tuesday. Lany Dela Cruz of the International Committee Red Cross

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Duterte warns of civil war if problem in Mindanao is prolonged

June 20, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Tuesday of a civil war in Mindanao if the government fails to immediately address the problem in the region. In a speech in Cagayan de Oro City where he visited the soldiers wounded fighting the

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P5,000 additional help to each student in Yolanda-affected areas approved: CHED

June 20, 2017

The Commission on Higher Education has approved an additional P5,000 financial assistance to each college student in Yolanda-affected areas, an official said on Tuesday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera III said the government has

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Marawi won’t be Islamic State new hub: Abella

June 20, 2017

Marawi City is unlikely to be a new hub for terrorist Islamic State, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the Armed Forces of the Philippines has pre-empted the IS-linked Maute Terror Group from

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