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UP students mark Yamashita’s surrender through film showing

September 3, 2019

Students from the University of the Philippines-Manila watched on Tuesday films about the World War II, specifically the Battle of Manila, as the country marked the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by  General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City. 

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Sanchez’s wife admits visiting Faeldon to ask about husband’s release

September 3, 2019

The wife of convicted former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez on Tuesday admitted meeting Bureau of Corrections ( BuCor) Director General Nicanor Faeldon. During the continuation of Senate probe on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA), Elvira Sanchez said she previously

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Año says criminals ordered released by BuCor under GCTA should return to prison

September 3, 2019

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday said criminals allowed by the Bureau of Corrections to be released due to Good Conduct and Time Allowance (GCTA) should return to prison. “For me, if they committed heinous crimes and (they are) drug

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PNP chief berates cop arrested in Muntinlupa buy bust

September 3, 2019

Police General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday scolded a cop arrested in a buy bust operation in Muntinlupa City Monday night. “Who are you embarrassing? Yourself or the Philippine National Police?” the  PNP chief asked Patrolman Leo Valdez after he was

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Around 300 police officers being monitored for drugs link: PNP

September 3, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said around 300 cops  are being monitored after they were included in the drugs watchlist of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press briefing, Police General Oscar Albayalde said out of the 854

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Philippine Navy joining ASEAN-US maritime drill

September 3, 2019

The Philippine Navy is taking part on a joint maritime drills between the navies of the ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and the United States dubbed as ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise which opened in a ceremony in Thailand on

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Three senators file bill repealing Good Conduct Time Allowance Law

September 3, 2019

Three senators on Tuesday filed a bill repealing the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law which paved way for the release of heinous crime convicts and almost granted the release of convicted rapist-murderer ex-Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez.    Senate President Vicente

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BuCor says Sanchez’s violations while jailed not reflected in prison records

September 3, 2019

The Bureau of Corrections  ( BuCor) Tuesday said violations committed by convicted rapist-murderer and former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez while incarcerated were not reflected in his prison records. During the second day of Senate Committee on Justice and Blue Ribbon

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