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(UPDATE) Batangas declares state of calamity

April 5, 2017

Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas declared on Wednesday a state of calamity in the entire province following the damage caused by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake Tuesday night. In a text message to Daily Manila Shimbun, Mandanas said he placed Batangas under

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Duterte asks MMDA to be vigilant in war vs drugs

April 5, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to assume a lead role in government’s effort to maintain peace and order, including the fight against illegal drugs in the communities in metropolis. Duterte made the directive during the

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Duterte’s performance, trust ratings plunge in March – Pulse Asia

April 5, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance and trust ratings fell in March, an independent polling agency said on Wednesday. According to the Pulse Asia survey conducted from March 15 to 20, Duterte’s performance rating was at 78 percent, lower than the 83

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Duterte awards housing projects to militant group

April 5, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday government housing projects in Bulacan supposedly for the police and military would be awarded to urban poor who illegally occupied them. In a speech during the 120th founding anniversary of the Philippine Army in

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Duterte says Speaker Alvarez’s having girlfriend a non-issue

April 4, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte defended anew House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for having another woman, saying it is a “non-issue.” Duterte, in a speech in Makati City, cited he himself has many wives, similar to Alvarez. “I’m not saying that I am

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(UPDATE) Duterte says he fired Cabinet member because he was “lying through his teeth”

April 4, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he personally told Ismael Sueno that he was “fired” as secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government because he was “lying through his teeth.” In a speech at the Metropolitan Manila

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Despite “progress” on COC framework, China still does not want a legally binding code: Manalo

April 4, 2017

Despite “progress” in crafting a framework on the Code of Conduct in South China Sea, China has maintained its position of “not having a legally binding” code, the country’s top diplomat said on Tuesday. In a forum with the foreign

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Duterte fires Sueno as DILG chief

April 4, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has sacked Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael D. Sueno amid allegations that he has enriched himself using his post. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella cited that Duterte decided to dismiss Sueno

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