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PSE index flat, peso slightly up vs US dollar

September 19, 2019

The main stock index ended flat while the peso slightly gained against the US dollar on Friday. The peso finished at P52.18 from Wednesday’s 52.20. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) reached

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Rapper, four cohorts arrested in Makati buy-bust operation

September 19, 2019

A rapper and his four of his cohorts were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Makati City last Wednesday evening. In a report from Makati City Police Station, the rapper was identified as Marlon Peroramas known as Loonie, 33; David

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PDEA wants online shopping website to explain why improvised tooter is being sold

September 19, 2019

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Thursday said they are awaiting an explanation from an online shopping website on how an improvised tooter is being sold at their store. In a press briefing, Aquino said

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Recycling drugs in PDEA is ”impossible”: Aquino

September 19, 2019

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Friday said recycling of illegal drugs in their organization is “impossible” as they present their evidence room to the media. The evidence room of PDEA which they opened to

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Duterte asks Congress for immediate passage of proposed budget for next year

September 19, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent the passage of the proposed P4.1 trillion budget for next year to prevent a repeat of a re-enacted budget. In a statement on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo underscored the need for the

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PDEA discloses police officer linked to a drug queen

September 19, 2019

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) on Thursday disclosed a police chief master sergeant is involved with a drug queen who was a  politician. In a press briefing, PDEA Director Aaron Aquino said the police chief master sergeant is

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51 Chinese victims arrested by NCRPO in Paranaque

September 19, 2019

Around 51 Chinese victims were rescued and 13 Chinese maintainers were arrested by the National Capital Region Police Office ( NCRPO) in an entrapment operation Wednesday evening. NCRPO chief Major General Guillermo Eleazar said the operation transpired at a wellness

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Duterte to go to Russia for 2nd time in October

September 19, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit Russia for the second time in October. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters on Wednesday  Duterte accepted the invitation by Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit  Moscow again. “He (Duterte) said he was

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