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Duterte speaks behind bulletproof glass for 2nd time

April 11, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte spoke for the second time behind a bulletproof glass during PDP-Laban’s campaign rally in Bacolod City on Thursday. “The reason why PSG (Presidential Security Group) placed that is because someone may target me from afar,” Duterte said.

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Stock index lower, peso gains vs US dollar

April 11, 2019

Philippine stocks ended lower but the peso gained against the US dollar on Thursday. The peso closed at P51.835 from P51.90 on Wednesday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $690.56 million from

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Palace says April 15 signing ceremony for 2019 budget removed from Duterte sked

April 11, 2019

Malacanang on Thursday said President Rodrigo Duterte is still studying the proposed 2019 budget after a signing ceremony was removed from his official schedule. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte  may sign the P3.757-trillion budget after

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Politics could be reason behind killing ex-Camarines Sur police chief: PNP

April 11, 2019

Authorities are looking at politics as a possible motive in the killing of a retired police officer running for election in Legazpi City last Wednesday. Police Colonel Bernard Banac, spokesman of the Philippine National Police, in a press briefing Thursday

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Abu Sayyaf killed, two soldiers wounded in Sulu

April 11, 2019

An Abu Sayyaf member was killed while two soldiers were wounded in an encounter in Sulu on Thursday. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, said troops of the 32nd Infantry Battalion engaged

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Soldier died in misencounter between soldiers, militia

April 11, 2019

One soldier was killed in a “misencounter” in Quezon province on Thursday. Capt. Patrick Jay Retumban, spokesman of the 2nd Infantry Division, said the casualty was Private First Class Arvin Peñaredonda of 85th IB but he later died at a

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Six soldiers wounded in encounters vs alleged NPAs in Misamis Occidental

April 11, 2019

Six soldiers were wounded during a series of encounters with alleged members of the New People’s Army ( NPA) in Misamis Occidental on Thursday. Col. Gerry Besana, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said the “two

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Japanese found dead in home in Bataan

April 11, 2019

A Japanese national was found dead inside his rented house in Bataan last Monday. Initial report from the Abucay Municipal Police Station said the body of a male Japanese was found inside his residence at Barangay Salian in Abucay, Bataan

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