Lorenzana says Chinese Coast Guard intermittently present around Pagasa Island

February 20, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday there were intermittent presence of China Coast Guard vessels around  Pagasa Island. “There were presence there intermittently but varying in numbers,” he said after Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI)

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PSE index ends higher

February 20, 2020

The main Philippine share index closed higher on Thursday. The peso settled at P50.58 against the US dollar from P50.54 on Wednesday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.235 billion from the

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Locsin, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold talks in Vientiane

February 20, 2020

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 19 February 2020 in Vientiane, Laos, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.  At the meeting, which was held on the eve

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500 Filipinos from cruise ship returning home Sunday: DOH

February 20, 2020

Five hundred Filipinos on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama are set to be repatriated on Sunday. In a press conference late Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said some 500 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess vessel have

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Gov’t ready to provide security to Espenido, says Palace

February 20, 2020

Malacanang said on Thursday that the government is ready to provide security to Police Lt.Colonel Jovie Espenido. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Espenido, one of the poster boys of President Rodrigo Duterte in his war on drugs

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Drug lords in Bilibid may be behind death of Santos: Dela Rosa

February 20, 2020

Drug lords at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) may be behind the death of the suspended Bureau of Correction (BuCor) legal service chief Fredric Anthony Santos, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said on Thursday. “Based on my experience, those who ordered

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Palace says SolGen may question ABS-CBN before court if it operates after franchise expiration

February 20, 2020

Malacanang said on Thursday that if Congress fails to act on the franchise of ABS-CBN and it would continue to operate after the March 30 expiration, the Office of the Solicitor General might question it before the court. In a

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Dela Rosa tells Espenido to leave PNP if he will not stop criticisms

February 20, 2020

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido should leave the police organization if he will not stop his statement against the Philippine National Police (PNP). “You are still in the PNP organization. You observe what should be

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