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Philippines’ rank at Rule of Law Index rises

March 2, 2019

The Philippines ranked 90th out of 126th in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2019. It improved by moving three notches up from 88th place out of 113 countries in the 2017 to 2018 index.  Despite improvement

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Lorenzana says DND will continue reviewing MDT

March 2, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Department of National Defense (DND) will continue the review of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States despite the opinion of Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. “No, I have

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Comelec releases list of 134 partylists in 2019 elections

March 2, 2019

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Saturday released the names of all nominees of party-list organizations running in the May 13 polls. In its Twitter account, the Comelec posted the list of all participating 134 party-list groups and their respective nominees.

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4.7 magnitude quake hits Ilocos Sur

March 2, 2019

A magnitude 4.7 quake jolted Ilocos Sur Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.  At 4:51 am, the quake which was tectonic in origin caused tremors two kilometers northeast of Silay town.  Phivolcs recorded instrumental intensity

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Alleged NPA members burn heavy equipment in Cagayan

March 2, 2019

Alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) torched heavy equipment owned by a construction company in Cagayan last Thursday. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, spokesman of the Philippine Army, said based on initial report the heavy equipment owned by Camia

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Majority of Filipinos worried about being victims of EJK: SWS survey

March 2, 2019

Majority of Filipinos are worried of becoming victims of ‘extrajudicial killings’ or EJK, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found. In the fourth quarter 2018 survey conducted on December 16 to 19 which was issued Friday, 78 percent of adult

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Six die in Negros Oriental road accident

March 2, 2019

Six persons, of which five are students, died while nine were injured in a road mishap in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental on Friday morning. Capt. Danilo Santillan, Zamboanguita police chief, said the incident occurred at the National Highway in Barangay Mayabon,

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Okinawa governor presses Abe to give up Henoko base construction

March 1, 2019

Tokyo–Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki pressed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in person on Friday to give up a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base within the southern Japan prefecture, after Okinawa voters rejected it in a recent referendum.  “The

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