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Congress seeks to ratify budget on Friday

February 7, 2019

Congress will hold sessions in ratifying the 2019 national budget on Friday before the House of Representative and Senate adjourn for three months.    In a statement Thursday, Senator Ping Lacson said Senator Loren Legarda was not able to present

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Ano lauds police, military in solving Jolo blasts

February 7, 2019

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday lauded the police and the military for their prompt action in investigating and solving the twin explosions that happened in Jolo, Sulu last month. “With this case solved, we are one step closer in

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Nine persons die in Pasay fire

February 7, 2019

Nine people died after a fire razed their house in Pasay City early Thursday morning. A report from Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire started around 2 am on the ground floor of a house owned by one of

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Gov’t eyes 6 million Filipinos to register under national ID system starting September

February 7, 2019

The government is eyeing the registration of six million Filipinos to be registered under the National Identification System starting September this year, Malacanang said on Thursday. During the Cabinet meeting, which President Rodrigo Duterte presided over on Wednesday night in

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Abe vows efforts to eradicate child abuse after girl’s death

February 7, 2019

Tokyo–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that the government will make all-out efforts to eradicate child abuse, in response to a recent series of such cases in Japan. The pledge came after the death last month of Mia Kurihara, then

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Stock index retreats after surging as high as 135 points

February 6, 2019

The Philippine stock index rocketed by as much as 135 points at lunch break but steadily gave up its gains to end slightly lower on Wednesday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index finished at 8,058.45 points, down 11.03 points. But in

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US report believes Sawadjaan is acting ISIS emir in Philippines

February 6, 2019

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) believes Abu Sayyaf leader Hatib Sawadjaan serves as acting emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Philippines. According to the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General report to the United

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Senate affirms Mislatel change of ownership

February 6, 2019

The Senate concurred with a House resolution on Wednesday  formalizing the sale of the controlling interest of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company (Mislatel) to a consortium of businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp. and Chelsea Holdings Corp. and the state-run China Telecommunications

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