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Gunshots heard during canvassing at Zamboanga del Norte municipality

May 17, 2019

Gunshots were heard during canvassing at a municipal hall in Zamboanga del Sur Thursday evening In a police report, the incident happened around 11 pm at Purok 5, Brgy Kagawasan in Dimataling when bursts of gunfire were heard perpetrated by

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Fired FDA head “clueless” on corruption allegations

May 17, 2019

Dismissed Food and Drugs Administration ( FDA) Director General Nela Charade Puno said on Friday she was “clueless” about corruption allegations hurled against her. President Rodrigo Duterte fired Puno due to alleged corruption. In the letter sent to Puno on

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Eight alleged Chinese arrested, 87 rescued in warehouse in Bulacan: police

May 17, 2019

Authorities arrested eight Chinese at a fake cigarette warehouse in Bulacan and rescuing 87 employees on Thursday. Police Colonel Chito Bersaluna, Bulacan provincial director, said they conducted a joint operation with the National Bureau of Investigation to rescue 87 employees

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ACT-CIS shows way in partial official partylist count

May 17, 2019

The partylist group that was supported by broadcast personality, Erwin Tulfo is leading the raise with almost two million votes. Based on Commission on Elections ( Comelec) partial and official results Thursday night, ACT-CIS or Anti-Crime and Terrorism Through Community

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Eight dead as van, truck collide in Leyte: police

May 17, 2019

Eight died while 11 were wounded in a collision between a van and a six-wheeler truck in Babatngon, Leyte Friday morning. According to Babatngon police, this happened around 6:15 am along the national highway of Sitio Tab-ang, Barangay District III.

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3 ex-Aquino Cabinet officials lose in polls

May 17, 2019

At least three of former President Benigno Aquino III’s Cabinet members lost in the recent midterm elections running for various posts. Based on the partial, unofficial count from the transparency server of the Commission on Elections, former Interior and Local

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Monetary Board cuts banks’ reserve requirement in three stages

May 17, 2019

The Monetary Board on Thursday decided to reduce banks’ reserve requirement by 200 basis points, or two percentage points, in three stages starting May 31. The reserve requirement currently stands at 18 percent. The first reduction of 100 basis points,

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Japan urged to improve labor conditions at Tokyo Games sites

May 17, 2019

Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)–An international labor union federation has found harsh labor conditions at construction sites for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and urged the organizing committee of the events and the Japan Sport Council to take corrective

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