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Identity of second Sulu suicide bomber still unknown: PNP

July 18, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Thursday said the second alleged suicide bomber in Indanan, Sulu is not the son of a Moroccan who is involved in the 2018 Lamitan blast. In a press briefing, Police General Oscar Albayalde

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Duterte referring to ICC when he said he will refuse questions from Caucasians: Panelo

July 18, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte was referring to the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he said he will not answer to any Caucasian questioning his war on drugs, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday. Panelo said Duterte is not referring

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Palace says Duterte’s transparency key to high survey ratings

July 18, 2019

Malacanang said they are not surprised on President Rodrigo Duterte’s being the most trusted government official since he is a transparent leader. “Not surprising,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press briefing on Thursday. “It keeps on increasing, simply

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Duterte invoking MDT is sarcastic remark: Panelo

July 18, 2019

Malacanang on Thursday said the latest statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on invoking the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty ( MDT) is a sarcastic remark. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was asked if Duterte’s statement invoking the MDT

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Police file sedition charges vs Robredo, de Lima others over narcolist videos

July 18, 2019

Police criminal investigators on Thursday filed inciting to sedition charges before the Department of Justice against Vice President Leonor Robredo, Senators Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over a video allegedly linking members

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Gov’t always ”open” on war vs illegal drugs

July 18, 2019

Presidential Human Rights Committee (PHRC) executive director Severo Catura on Thursday said the Duterte administration has always been “open” since the start of their campaign against illegal drugs. In a press briefing, Catura said there is no need for an

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Japan to tighten quarantine checks to block Ebola

July 18, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s health ministry said Thursday that it will strengthen quarantine inspections after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo an international public health emergency Wednesday. Travelers from Congo and neighboring Uganda to Japan will be required to

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PLDT delays rolling out 5G services to ”early next year”

July 18, 2019

PLDT Inc. has reset commercial roll out of its fifth-generation (5G) services to early next year. “I don’t think it will happen this year, but certainly sometimes next year, early next year,” Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman and president of PLDT

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