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Some Metro Manila routes affected by jeep strike

February 27, 2017

Less jeepneys plied their  routes in Metro Manila Monday as they held a strike to disagree with government’s move to phase out decades-old units and replace them with newer but more expensive ones. Some were seen walking or hailing taxis

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Dureza: Security forces verifying reports about German beheading

February 26, 2017

The Philippine government is validating reports that German national Jurgen Kantner was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf Group after deadline to pay ransom ended Sunday afternoon, an official said. “Despite efforts exerted by groups and the security forces, I have

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Duterte declares Jan. 25 as “Day of National Remembrance” for SAF 44

February 26, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared January 25 of every year as a “Day of National Remembrance” to honor the 44 members of the police Special Action Force (SAF) who were killed in an anti-terrorism operation in southern Philippines in 2015.

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Palace insists arrest of de Lima not politics but based on evidence

February 25, 2017

Malacanang insists the arrest of Senator Leila De Lima is not a political matter but based on “probable cause” after Vice President Leni Robredo called it a “political harassment” “We should clarify that first of all, there is really a

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Expanded BTC ordered to forge new “acceptable” draft for conflict-affected areas

February 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Friday the 21-member Bangsamoro Transition Commission to come up with a new “acceptable” draft measure for the people in conflict-affected areas in southern Philippines. Duterte made the order during the launching of the expanded BTC in Davao

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(UPDATE) De Lima finally gives herself up to police, detained at PNP 

February 24, 2017

The Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court on Friday issued a commitment order placing Senator Leila De Lima under the Philippine National Police Custodial Center, while the drug the court is trying trafficking charges against her. This came after De Lima

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China could have misunderstood Yasay’s statement: Duterte

February 24, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday China could have misunderstood Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., prompting its Commerce  Minister Gao Huchen to cancel his trip to the Philippines. “There seems to be a misunderstanding between the Foreign Department, Foreign

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Esperon said no destab plot following arrest of de Lima

February 24, 2017

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon assured on Friday that there was no destabilization plot amid the arrest of an opposition senator and rallies by different groups this weekend. “I don’t think there should be anything to worry about. This is

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