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Duterte may sign 2019 budget before Holy Week – Nograles

April 9, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte may sign the proposed P3.757-trillion budget for this year before the Holy Week, an official said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles told reporters Monday night the Office of the President and other concerned agencies in the executive branch

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PNP says recovered cocaine now worth P1.1 billion

April 9, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said they were able to recovered a total of P 1.1 billion worth of cocaine since February, its spokesman said Tuesday. In a statement, Police Col. Bernard Banac, said the total gross

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Duterte OKs “in principle” draft EO on water security, Nograles says

April 9, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved in principle a draft executive order that will ensure water supply in the country, an official said. This as Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles told reporters Monday night that the Palace might include on its priority

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Suspect in killing of family committed suicide in cell: police

April 9, 2019

One of the suspects in the killing of a mother and her two children in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan was found dead in his cell early Tuesday morning. In a radio interview, Police Lt. Col. Orlando Castil Jr.,San Jose

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Duterte’s message on Day of Valor: Uphold sovereignty, protect rights, freedoms

April 9, 2019

For the third time since he assumed office in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte skipped on Tuesday the commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor), usually observed at the historic Mt. Samat in Pilar, Bataan. Duterte instead decided to

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Palace to Sereno, PCIJ: File charges vs Duterte if they believe he amassed ill-gotten wealth

April 9, 2019

Malacanang challenged on Tuesday former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism ( PCIJ) to file charges against President Rodrigo Duterte if they believe that he amassed ill-gotten wealth. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the

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Two Abu Sayyaf members killed in Sulu

April 9, 2019

Two Abu Sayyaf members, including one of the facilitators of the Jolo Cathedral bombing, were killed while two soldiers were wounded in a 50-minute encounter in Sulu on Monday afternoon. Lt. Col. Gerald Monfort, spokesman of Joint Task Force Sulu,

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Arrest of Tayabas police chief, two others show resolve to clean ranks: PNP

April 9, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Tuesday said the arrest of former Tayabas municipal police chief and two others over the death of the son of a Quezon town mayor shows their continuing campaign of removing rogue cops in

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