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Philippines expects “fairness” from US over extrajudicial killings reports

Philippines expects “fairness” from US over extrajudicial killings reports

April 21, 2017

The Duterte administration expects “fairness” from the United States as it branded as “false” reports there were close to 9,000 people killed due to the government’s war on illegal drugs. “On the number of extrajudicial deaths, the persistent news reports

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Duterte tours Russian guide missile cruiser “Varyag”

April 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte boarded on Friday the Russian guided missile cruiser “Varyag” anchored in the Port of Manila. Duterte, accompanied by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon and Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, toured the ship. “The Russians are with

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Chinese “challenged” planes with Ano, Lorenzana several times before landing in Pagasa– AFP

April 21, 2017

Pagasa Island, Palawan – Planes carrying Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Eduardo Ano on board were challenged several times by Chinese on Friday, a military spokesman said. “The aircraft

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Duterte, De Lima included in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People”

Duterte, De Lima included in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People”

April 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte and his staunch critic, Senator Leila de Lima, were the two Filipinos in TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.” Malacanang expressed dismay over the article that the TIME wrote regarding De Lima, who is in jail. De

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Philippines to spend P1.6 billion to build, improve Pagasa Island facilities

April 21, 2017

Pagasa Island, Palawan — The Philippine government is set to spend a total of 1.6 billion pesos for the construction and improvement of facilities in Pagasa Island in the West Philippines Sea. “All in all, including the runway, everything is

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Palace says Duterte just “dramatizing” need to raise security in Bohol, not really to arm civilians

April 20, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte was merely trying to “dramatize” the need to heighten the security in Bohol when he expressed his intention to “arm” the civilians there amid the Abu Sayyaf threat. “I think the statement was about Bohol, but in

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Palace confirms DILG to proceed with buying firetrucks, which caused dismissal of Sueno

April 20, 2017

Malacanang confirmed on Thursday that the contract with Austria on the purchase of Rosenbauer firetrucks would continue. “The Department of Interior and Local Government firetruck deal will proceed,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement. It could be recalled

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More than a trillion pesos needed to address housing crisis, says presidential commission

April 20, 2017

The Philippine government needs over a trillion pesos to address the housing crisis, said Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, PCUP chairman Terry Ridon said based on the data of the

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