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Third unit of Japan multi-role response vessel formally commissioned to Coast Guard

March 7, 2017

The third unit of 44 meter-multi role response vessel from Japan was formally commissioned into Philippine Coast Guard in a ceremony in Manila on Tuesday.   MRRV-4403 BRP Malapascua was commissioned to PCG service by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade at

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Cigarette firm facing probe allegedly tried to bribe Duterte: officials

March 7, 2017

A cigarette manufacturing company facing investigation for alleged use of fake tax stamps allegedly offered “package” of money, apparently as a bribe, to President Rodrigo Duterte, officials bared on Tuesday.   In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said

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Duterte to sign executive order banning smoking

March 7, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte will soon sign an executive order on smoking ban even indoors patterned on Davao City’s model, Malacanang said on Tuesday.   In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said a revised draft of the executive order

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(UPDATE) Senators grill alleged member of the so-called Davao Death Squad  

March 6, 2017

Senators questioned the motive of an alleged member of the so-called Davao Death Squad, who recanted his previous testimony, even asking if the termination of his supposed P100,000 allowance from a Palace official was the reason. But Arthur Lascanas, a

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Duterte appoints first justice to Supreme Court

March 6, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has named Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Samuel Martires to the Supreme Court, his first as chief executive. In a letter to Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno on Monday, the Office of the President said Duterte appointed Martires to

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Duterte pardons 4 prisoners, commutes sentences of 23

Duterte pardons 4 prisoners, commutes sentences of 23

March 6, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has granted conditional pardon and commutation of sentence to 27 inmates. This was the first time that Duterte exercised this power since he assumed office on June 30, 2016. In a briefer of the Department of Justice

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PNP resumes anti-illegal drug campaign

March 6, 2017

The Philippine National Police (PNP) resume its anti-illegal drug campaign which was halted by President Rodrigo Duterte late January after a South Korean businessman was kidnapped and killed under the guise of this drive.   The PNP launched its Drug

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Duterte approves national broadband network: official

March 6, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the establishment of a plan that aims to improve internet and communications services in the country.   Aside from giving his nod on the National Government Portal and a National Broadband Plan during the 13th

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