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26,000 Volunteer Applicants for 2020 Games Not Registered Yet

January 8, 2019

Tokyo–The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee said Monday that a total of 26,000 volunteer applicants have not been registered yet due to online registration problems amid heavy traffic. The committee will make contact with those affected and ask

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Palace says law now catching up with Trillanes

January 8, 2019

Malacanang said on Tuesday that the law is catching up with opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after a Makati City court upheld its earlier decision to issue a warrant of arrest against him on his rebellion case. While Trillanes has

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Bello to ask Duterte to sack PACC commissioner

January 8, 2019

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is calling for Manuelito Luna’s removal as Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner, pointing out his alleged lack of discretion over an ongoing probe. In a radio interview Tuesday, Bello said he will ask President Rodrigo Duterte

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Philippines issues 10-year US dollar Global Bonds

January 8, 2019

The Philippines returned to the international capital markets by offering $1.5 billion of 10-year Global Bonds, the Bureau of the Treasury said Tuesday. The bond issuance is the first sovereign US dollar bond issuance in 2019. Proceeds will be for

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Lacson to PNP: train profiling, surveillance on ‘expelled’ cops and soldiers, not teachers

January 8, 2019

Instead of teachers’ groups, the Philippine National Police (PNP)  should train profiling and surveillance efforts on dishonorably discharged police and military personnel who have become guns for hire, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday. Lacson, who headed the PNP from 1999

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Lorenzana says ending insurgency within Duterte’s term ”attainable”

January 8, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana admits that government’s objective to end insurgency within this year is not attainable. “We cannot do it this year because that is a big problem. If you will recall, this insurgency has been going on for

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PAL expects deal with potential investor by first half of 2019

January 8, 2019

Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Tuesday said it expects to forge a deal with a strategic investor by first half of 2019 as it expands routes in Asia starting this summer. “We’re targeting first half of the year. We’re  talking to

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BSP urges public to check banknotes to see if these are genuine

January 8, 2019

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in a statement on Tuesday advises the public to carefully check their Philippine banknotes for identifiable security features to see if they are genuine. On February 13 2018, the Navotas City police arrested two

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