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Duterte not committing impeachable offense for alleged failure to protect EEZ, Palace says

June 27, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte could not be impeached amid his alleged failure to protect the Philippine wealth in its exclusive economic zone, Malacanang said on Thursday. Duterte, in a speech on Wednesday night, said he would allow Chinese fishermen to fish

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David is new head of Navy’s Fleet Marine Warfare Center

June 27, 2019

Captain Richard David assumed as his post as the new head of the Philippine Navy’s Fleet Marine Warfare Center (FMWC) in Taguig City. Capt. Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the turnover of command ceremony was held at the Acero

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Carpio ignores Duterte’s statement

June 27, 2019

Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday ignored President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirade for criticizing the  overnment’s reported decision to allow Chinese to fish in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. Duterte called Carpio “buang (Visayan word for

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Sotto says fish caught in West Philippine Sea may have come from China

June 27, 2019

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday that calling for exclusivity in marine resource in the West Philippine Sea is difficult.  “It’s very difficult to say that there is exclusivity when it is underwater,” Sotto said in a television

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One kilo brick of cocaine found in Camarines Sur

June 27, 2019

Authorities last Tuesday found a brick of cocaine weighing one kilo and worth P5.6 million in the waters off Camarines Sur. In a police report, the cocaine, sealed in plastic, was found by residents of Barangay Boclod in San Jose

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PNP trying to find out why they missed 2018 targets

June 27, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said they trying to find out why they were not able to hit their targets based on the latest Commission on Audit ( COA) report. “We are researching data and possible reasons why

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Duterte: Del Rosario no business of using diplomatic passport

June 27, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario had no business using a diplomatic passport. In a speech during the 122nd founding anniversary celebration of the Presidential Security Group on Wednesday night at Malacanang Park, Duterte noted

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Marine battalion in Sulu deployed to Palawan

June 27, 2019

A Marine battalion which fought terrorists for nearly three years in Sulu has been deployed to Palawan. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, said the Marine Battalion Landing Team-3 (MBLT-3) bade

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