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Delegates of joint staff college of Japan defense ministry on study visit

June 4, 2019

Delegates of the Joint Staff College of Japan’s Ministry of Defense visited the Philippine Army headquarters on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, Philippine Army spokesman. said troops shared its counter-terrorism experiences to the Japan Ministry of Defense delegates as part

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Duterte likely conducting “discreet” probe vs Andanar over tourism ad deal: Panelo

June 4, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte could have been conducting “discreet investigation” against Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar who allegedly connived in manipulating the questionable P60-million advertisement deal by the Department of Tourism with the state-run People’s Television Network. President Rodrigo

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Palace asks teachers to be more patient for Duterte’s promised wage hike

June 4, 2019

Malacanang asked on Tuesday the public school teachers to be more patient as the Duterte administration is looking for ways on where to source the multi-billion fund for their salary increase. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, quoting

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Palace wants able bodied Filipinos, including female, to take ROTC

June 4, 2019

The Philippines should follow other countries where all “able bodied” citizens undertake compulsary military training, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo disagreed with the critics of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps ( ROTC) it

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BI cancels visas of 528 foreigners for fraud

June 4, 2019

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) conducted one of the largest mass cancellation of working visas for fraud, involving 528 foreign nationals, of which 11 are Japanese, following an intensified monitoring of aliens in the Philippines. In a statement Tuesday, BI

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PNP says they did not force Advincula to change statement

June 4, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said they did not pressure or force Peter Joemel Advincula or alias ”Bikoy” to retract his statement against the administration. “If he signed an affidavit, then we could have just file the

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Politics ”not in my mind”: Albayalde

June 4, 2019

Philippine National Police ( PNP) General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday said he does not see himself following the footsteps of other former police generals. In an TV interview, Albayalde said he is not interested in running for a senatorial post

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Government troops recover firearms in Tawi-tawi operation

June 4, 2019

Government troops recovered high-powered firearms in a joint operation in Tawi-tawi last Saturday, a military official said Tuesday. Capt Felix Serapio, public affairs director of the Philippine Marines, said troops of Marine Battalion Landing Team-6, 64th Marine Company of Force

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