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Duterte giving concerned agencies one week to bring home stranded 24,000 OFWs – Palace

May 25, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to send home in one week’s time some 24,000 overseas Filipinos workers who have long been staying in the quarantine facilities and ships anchored at Manila Bay. In radio interviews, Presidential Spokesperson

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Duterte urges Filipino Muslims to be ”agents of change”

May 24, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte urges Filipino Muslims to be ”agents of change” as they celebrate Eid’l Fitr or the festival of breaking the fast which marks the end of Ramadan. In his messages, Duterte expressed hope that the Muslim’s “time in

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Drug suspect killed in Camarines Norte

May 24, 2020

A drug suspect was killed in a buy-bust operation in Camarines Norte on Friday night. In a report, the Camarines Norte Provincial Police Office said the anti-illegal drug operation was conducted at P-5, Barangay San Isidro, Talisay around 10 pm.

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AFP hopes Filipino Muslims can celebrate Eid’l Fitr

AFP hopes Filipino Muslims can celebrate Eid’l Fitr

May 24, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed hope that  Filipino Muslims will be able to celebrate the Eid’l Fitr despite measures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Armed Forces of the Philippines led by the Chief of Staff,

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Two armed men killed in encounter with military in Maguindanao

May 24, 2020

Two armed men were killed in a clash with the military in Maguindanao on Saturday afternoon. Maj. Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said the clash happened at the checkpoint operation in the vicinity

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BRP Jose Rizal

PN’s first missile firing frigate arrives

May 24, 2020

The first missile firing frigate of the Philippine Navy finally arrived in the country on Saturday. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, acting PN public affairs director, said the vessel which will be christened as BRP Jose Rizal once it is

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Philippines expects ”involvement in the vaccine clinical trials by the last quarter of 2020”: Roque

May 24, 2020

The Philippines will be involved in the  clinical trials for a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019( COVID-19)”by the last quarter of 2020” In a statement Sunday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said:”We expect involvement in the vaccine clinical trials by

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Duterte graces simultaneous PMA, PNPA graduation rites via Zoom

May 24, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte led on Friday the simultaneous graduation rites of the Philippine Military Academy ( PMA) and Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) via Zoom amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. This was the first time that the president of the

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