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Sri Lanka Navy ship arriving for four-day goodwill visit

April 24, 2019

A Sri Lanka Navy ship is set to arrive in Manila on Thurday. Capt. Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesman, said Sri Lanka Navy ship P626 is arriving at Pier 15 in South Harbor for a four-day goodwill visit. He said

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CIDG starts looking into Porac supermarket collapse

April 24, 2019

The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) has begun looking into the collapse of Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga. Col. Christopher Abrahano, chief of the CIDG’s Central Luzon field office, said they have talked to Samuel Chu,

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Magnitude 4.5 quake rocks Zambales: Phivolcs

April 24, 2019

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 rocked Zambales two days after it was hit by a 6.1 magnitude tremor. According to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), around 2 am Wednesday the quake’s epicenter was located at 15

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Army assures loyalty to Duterte despite Sison’s claims

April 24, 2019

The Philippine Army assures loyalty to President Rodrigo Duterte and to the constitution after Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison claims there is a growing dissatisfaction within the military and police. “The Philippine Army is

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Duterte advises public not to go to Zamboanga yet due to terrorist threat

April 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not recommend yet to the public to visit Zamboanga due to terrorist threat. In a speech on Tuesday night in Pasay City, Duterte said the government was “lucky” that it found a solution to

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Stocks higher, peso loses ground vs US dollar

April 24, 2019

Philippine stocks ended higher while the peso closed at P52.23 against the US dollar on Wednesday. The peso finished at P52.04 against the US dollar. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.373

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Four Abu Sayyaf members killed in Basilan

April 24, 2019

Seventeen soldiers killed four Abu Sayyaf members and recovered high-powered firearms in Basilan on Wednesday. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, said troops of the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, 64th Infantry

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Duterte off to China for fourth time

April 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte left on Wednesday afternoon for China to join other world leaders in the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. This is his fourth time to visit China since he assumed office in 2016. Duterte and

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