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Dengue cases surpass 360,000 from January to October 12: DOH

October 31, 2019

Dengue cases have surpassed 360,000 in the last quarter of the year, said the Department of Health (DOH) Thursday. Based on the latest Dengue Surveillance Report, the DOH said the 360,646 cases reported from January 1 to October 12 surpasses

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Potato chips could be part of salty food products eyed for ”sin” tax: DOH

October 31, 2019

Salty food products may be lumped with cigarettes and sugary drinks as among those considered as “sin” products. The Department of Health (DOH) is looking at the possibility of imposing a tax on salty food products as it is looked

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Hotel building collapses as third strong quake in two weeks shakes Cotabato

October 31, 2019

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the area where two previous quakes hit, resulting in the collapse of a hotel building in Cotabato, officials said Thursday. The quake was monitored at 28 kilometers northeast of Tulunan, said the Philippine Institute of

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PSE index ends above 8,000 points

October 31, 2019

The main Philippine share index breached the 8,000-point mark as it ended higher on Wednesday. The peso ended at P50.885 against the US dollar from Tuesday’s P51.09. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines

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Palace says Duterte’s offer to Robredo to be drug czar “sincere gesture”

October 30, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to Vice President Leni Robredo to be the drug czar was his “sincere gesture,” Malacañang said on Wednesday. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also said that Duterte’s offer to Robredo did not mean that

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Lower ranking on impunity index expected after ruling on Maguindanao Massacre is out

October 30, 2019

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Tuesday shrugged off the Philippines’ ranking in the Global Impunity Index report. In a statement, PTFoMS Executive Director Joel Sy Egco said the latest Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) report was

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DND welcomes fund release for pension differentials of retired military, uniformed personnel

October 30, 2019

The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomes the release of funds for  pension differentials of retired military and uniformed personnel (MUP). “This a very positive development for our retirees. Our retired soldiers deserve this,” said Defense Undersecretary for Civil, Veterans, and

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1.5 million drug users in PNP records

October 30, 2019

Around 1.5 million drug users were accounted for since the start of the Duterte administration, according to a police official. “We have accounted for 1.5 million drug users for the last three years,” Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac said in

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