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Duterte blames Pangilinan for juvenile justice welfare law that allegedly led to many drug addicts

April 3, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte blamed on Monday Senator Francis Pangilinan for passing Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006, which he claims produced criminals, including drug addicts, in the country. In a speech before members of

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Duterte stops self from saying bad words in front of children

April 3, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte prevented himself on Monday from saying bad words. The reason: the members of his audience are mostly young boys who belong to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. “I will not say bad words,” Duterte said in his speech

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Duterte says he will order police to make the rounds again

April 3, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would order the Philippine National Police to intensify its rounds in public places as part of the administration’s war against illegal drugs. In a speech in Malacanang, Duterte told drug addicts to avoid

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 Military wants bilateral ceasefire deal before halting operations against NPA

 Military wants bilateral ceasefire deal before halting operations against NPA

April 3, 2017

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said no ceasefire with the communists will be declared unless a bilateral ceasefire agreement is signed by the negotiating panels, a military spokesman said Monday. “Until there is no signing of joint ceasefire agreement

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Duterte admits talks with NDF in the Netherlands not making progress

April 3, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that the peace talks in the Netherlands between the government and the communist National Democratic Front  NDF) have not been making any progress because of the conditions he set. In a speech before children

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Duterte says Aquino admin continued with DAP despite SC prohibition

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday that his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, continued with the Disbursement Acceleration Program despite the Supreme Court’s ruling that it was unconstitutional. Duterte made the statement as he accused the media of “hypocrisy” for only

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Duterte says tirades directed towards “inutile” EU Parliament

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte clarified on Sunday that his tirades against the European Union were directed towards the “inutile” Parliament and not to the Commission. “The EU Parliament, the politicians, they are the inutile, they should be castrated,” Duterte told reporters

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Duterte says court to decide if Aquino, others guilty for “Kidapawan massacre”

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday that it would be up to the court to decide on whether former President Benigno Aquino III and other officials were responsible in the bloody dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City a year

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