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Duterte hopes Filipinos inspired by Rizal’s patriotism

December 31, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte hopes Filipinos will be inspired to emulate Dr. Jose Rizal’s patriotism in their own ways by supporting the government’s development agenda and the campaign against corruption, criminality and illegal drugs. According to Special Assistant to the President

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Panelo says women’s rights groups lost ability to discern “reality from a rebuke”

December 31, 2018

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Sunday said women’s rights group have lost their ability of discerning “reality from a rebuke”. Panelo’s statement came after women’s right groups Gabriela and #BabaeAko expressed disgust on the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that

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Duterte jokes on raffling off his lot at heroes cemetery

December 30, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte joked on giving his lot at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the heroes cemetery, through raffle or to the highest bidder. In his speech in Kidapawan last Saturday evening, Duterte said he wants to be cremated like

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Duterte slams Catholic priests anew

December 30, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday slammed Catholic priests anew for believing in leftists.. “Don’t believe on those priests.. who ride on left (movement)… This is only my advice to you. Those communist (rebels), NPAs, are only wasting your life,” Duterte

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At least three confirmed dead in Bicol as tropical depression weakens

December 30, 2018

At least three were confirmed dead by police after tropical depression “Usman” caused landslides in the Bicol Region before it weakened into a low-pressure area as it made landfall over Eastern Samar Saturday morning. Mauro Alegre, 26, his wife Mia

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Statue unveiled in San Pedro, Laguna

December 29, 2018

A one-meter tall bronze statue showing a girl seated on a chair with a vacant chair on her right was unveiled in San Pedro, Laguna on December 28. The statue, according to the inscription, said “is a monument of peace

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Barangay captain in Lipa shot dead

December 29, 2018

A barangay captain in Lipa City was shot dead while watching a cockfight Friday evening. According to Lipa City police, Marlon Luancing, barangay captain and concurrent Lipa City Association of Barangay Captains president, was inside the Lipa Games and Amusement Complex in

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Duterte administration “determined” to win war vs poverty

December 29, 2018

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said at the Urban Poor Solidarity Week Program of the Presidential Commission of the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Saturday the Duterte administration is “determined” to triumph the war against poverty. He said President Rodrigo Duterte “will fight

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