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Over 11.5 million Filipinos consider themselves poor: SWS

January 12, 2019

Over 11.6 million Filipinos consider themselves poor, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on Friday. The fourth quarter survey on self-rated poverty conducted last December 16-19 showed 50 percent of families believe they are poor. SWS said the

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Lorenzana backs Duterte’s decision not to bomb NPA camps

January 12, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision not to bomb camps of the New People’s Army (NPA). “The DND (Department of National Defense) fully supports the President’s decision not to employ a purely military solution to

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Bowling coach shot dead in San Juan

January 12, 2019

A bowling coach who won the 1992 World Youth Championship was killed by a gunman  in San Juan City on Friday. Senior Superintendent Dindo Reyes, San Juan police chief, said the victim as Angelo Nathaniel Constantino. The shooting happened at

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DFA requiring persons renewing passports to bring birth certificates

January 12, 2019

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is requiring persons renewing passports to bring a copy of their birth certificate after its outsourced passport maker took all applicants’ data when its contract was not renewed. This came out on Saturday in

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DILG implements Ombudsman’s suspension order on Catanduanes governor

January 12, 2019

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered the suspension of Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua on Friday and designated the vice governor as acting provincial governor, in compliance with a directive from the Office of the Ombudsman. DILG

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Father, daughter die in Albay fire

January 12, 2019

A father and his daughter died in a fire that ravaged their house in Albay Friday morning.    According to report by Guinobatan Municipal Police Station, fatalities were identified as Agusto Duque, 42 and Bea Mae Duque, 11.   Police

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Lorenzana welcomes law raising pension for senior Filipino war veterans

January 12, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana welcomes the passage of a law increasing monthly old-age pension for senior Filipino war veterans. “The Department of National Defense welcomes the passage of RA 11164 increasing the old age pension of World War II, Korean

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ACT partylist official says he received death threat

January 11, 2019

ACT (Alliance of Concerned Teachers) Partylist secretary general Raymond Basilio on Friday said he received a call threatening to hunt and kill him. A report from the ACT Partylist  said Basilio received a call around 2pm from a certain Gary

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