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Duterte won’t release names of celebrities, private individuals involved in illegal drugs

April 5, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not make public the names of show business personalities and other private individuals who were allegedly involved in illegal drugs. In a speech Thursday night during the 31st annual convention of the Prosecutors’ League

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Duterte clears family from illegal drug trade

April 5, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte denied his family, particularly his eldest son, former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, was into the illegal drug trade. “I assure you, we are not into it,” Duterte told reporters Thursday night in Palawan province when

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Duterte says if China touches Pag-asa, he’ll order soldiers, “prepare for suicide missions”

April 5, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte told China not to touch Pag-asa Island and nearby islets in Palawan, saying they are “ours.” In a speech Thursday night in Palawan where he attended the campaign rally of the ruling PDP-Laban senatorial bets, Duterte said

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March inflation declines to 3.3 percent

April 5, 2019

Inflation for the month of March grew at 3.3 percent, the slowest since 3.4 percent in January 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority ( PSA) said Friday. It was the fifth straight month inflation had declined after hitting a near-decade high

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Duterte warns of suspending writ of habeas corpus if pushed to the wall

April 4, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Thursday he would declare the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and a “revolutionary war” if pushed to the wall. Duterte made the threat amid opposition Senator Franklin Drilon’s statement that the government could

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DFA: Presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa “illegal”

April 4, 2019

The presence of Chinese vessels near the Pag-asa Islands in Palawan province is “illegal” and “a clear violation” of the Philippine sovereignty, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. In a strongly worded statement, the DFA questioned the intent

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Stocks, peso end lower

April 4, 2019

Philippine stocks and the peso ended lower on Thursday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index closed at 7,854.13 points, down 40.93 points. In the broader market, there were 109 decliners, 67 gainers while 46 shares were unchanged. The peso settled at

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Palace questions timing of PCIJ report on Duterte, Sara and Paolo

April 4, 2019

Malacanang questioned on Thursday the timing of the release of a report by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) about the “big spikes” on the wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte and his two children. In its report “Duterte, Sara,

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