The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

PNP declares full alert status in Luzon, Visayas for holiday season

December 14, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) declared full alert status in Luzon and Visayas for the holiday season starting Sunday. Police Lieutenant General Archie Francisco Gamboa, the PNP officer-in-charge, commanded police units to be on full alert status for 21 days

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No injuries as Jetstar Japan plane for Narita ”overshot the turn”: DOTr

December 14, 2019

A Jetstar Japan plane headed for Narita failed to take off on Saturday morning after the plan landed at the runway safety area, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. ”While positioning for takeoff, the aircraft overshot the turn causing the

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Duterte taps Misuari as special economic envoy to OIC

December 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari as Special Economic Envoy on Islamic Affairs to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In a statement from the Office of Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) on

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Six Chinese arrested for alleged kidnapping

December 14, 2019

Authorities on Saturday arrested six Chinese nationals for three separate cases of alleged kidnapping.  In an initial report, the Philippine National Police Anti Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) went to a two-story house inside a village in Bacoor City, Cavite around 5:30

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Task Force CORE asks Senate to begin public hearings

December 14, 2019

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Constitutional Reform (CORE) headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Saturday  called on the Senate to begin its own public hearings on amending key provisions in the current Constitution.  

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Palace says US Senate Resolution on de Lima ”brazen and heedless affront” against gov’t

December 14, 2019

Malacañang on Saturday slammed the recent decision of the US Senate Committee’s resolution to release detained Senator Leila de Lima.   The Palace described the decision as “a brazen and heedless affront” against the Philippine government and the country’s sovereignty. 

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Policeman, woman killed in alleged NPA ambush in Eastern Samar

December 14, 2019

A policeman and a 69-year-old woman were killed  while several were wounded after a bomb exploded as their vehicle was nearing the Eastern Samar Provincial Police Office in Borongan Friday afternoon. Gunfire from suspected New People’s Army members followed, a

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Duterte warns military takeover of water services in Metro Manila

December 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has warned of a military takeover of water services in Metro Manila if negotiations between the government and the water concessionaires on the “onerous” contracts bogged down. In a speech at the birthday celebration of former Senate

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