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Duterte wants destruction of all seized illegal drugs

October 6, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Monday night the concerned government agencies to destroy all confiscated illegal drugs so that they could no longer be recycled by unscrupulous individuals. “I want all the shabu residual or otherwise, however, minimal, destroy the whole

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Duterte says he can’t find “good reason” to charge Duque over PhilHealth mess

October 6, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his support to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, saying he could not find a “good reason” to prosecute him over the alleged corruption in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. In a taped televised message on Monday

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Increasing public transportation capacity up to 70% being studied – Palace

October 5, 2020

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is studying the possibility of further increasing the capacity of public transportation to 70 percent, Malacanang said on Monday. In a televised press briefing in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan,

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10% of students yet to enrol two days before classes open

October 3, 2020

More than 10 percent of private and public school students have yet to enrol two days before classes open on Monday and Education Secretary Leonor Briones ordered officials to look for them. “We know that there are a lot of

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Police yet to make headway in killing of PCSO official

October 3, 2020

No witnesses have presented themselves to the police over the killing of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office ( PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga last July 30. ”No one has surfaced to say who is the primary suspect,” said Col. Hector Grijaldo,

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UPDATE Man floating at Pasig River identified

October 3, 2020

The body of a man found floating along the Pasig River in Mandaluyong City Friday has been identified. Police said based on a quarantine pass recovered from his body, the person’s name is Ricardo Pabalan, a resident of Barangka Itaas,

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DOH reports 2,674 new COVID-19 cases

October 3, 2020

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 2,674 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), raising total cases to 319, 330. Active cases are 58,606, of which 87.1 percent are mild, 8.8 percent are asymptomatic, 2.8 percent are critical and 1.2 percent

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Man’s body with different ID cards found floating in Pasig River

October 3, 2020

A man’s body was found floating on the Pasig River along Coronado extension, Barangay Hulo in Mandaluyong Friday afternoon. Ramil dela Cruz, an environmental staff of Barangay Hulo found a body placed inside two sacks floating on the river. He

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