Category: News
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Duterte urges Congress anew: Pass FOI bill
President Duterte yesterday again appealed to Congress to pass the freedom of information (FOI) bill, more than a year after he signed an executive order implementing the policy in the executive branch. “I hope that both the legislative and judicial branches of government would join us in strengthening our democratic institutions by following suit and…
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Woman dies hours after collapsing inside MRT-3 train
A 26-year-old MRT-3 passenger died over two hours after collapsing inside a southbound train headed to Ortigas Station. An incident report released by the MRT-3 said that the passenger, Marielle Ann Mar, collapsed at 9:48 a.m. and was carried out of the train by station guards a minute later. First aid was immediately administered until…
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#WalangPasok: December 8 Declared As Special Non-Working Holiday
The House of Representatives has already approved the house bill 5241 declaring December 08 as a Special Non-Working Holiday. December 08 has been declared as a special non-working holiday in celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The holiday has been declared after the House of Representatives approved the house bill 5241 considering…
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Duterte Supporter Pawns House and Lot, Donates P75,000 to Fake Advocates of RevGov
Duterte Supporter Pawns House and Lot: A staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte decide to pawn his house and lot, and donated P75,000 to a group that claimed to be advocate of RevGov (revolutionary government). Allegedly, the group promised him to be appointed him to be a top official of RevGov in exchange of money.…
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Transport group threatened Duterte, didn’t cancel strike: LTFRB
Transport group PISTON has threatened President Rodrigo Duterte over his jeepney modernization program and is set to backtrack on scrapping its transport strike, regulators alleged Monday. PISTON on Sunday called off its planned Dec. 4 and 5 transport strike and said they would instead hold a protest caravan early Monday. However, PISTON…
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Palace: Nothing wrong with Duterte’s order to shoot-to-kill NPAs
There is nothing wrong with the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to shoot-to-kill armed members of the New People’s Army, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. Roque, also the presidential adviser on human rights, said this in Zamboanga City on Saturday following warnings from Duterte’s critics that the shoot-to-kill pronouncement would generate adverse reactions from human…
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Misamis Oriental Police station attacked by ‘NPA’
Four policemen were wounded after the municipal police station of Binuangan, Misamis Oriental was attacked by armed men, believed to be members of the New People’s Army early Sunday morning. Police station Officer-in-Charge Senior Insp. Dante Hallazgo, SPO1 Ramonito Sambas, PO1 Josua Satur and PO3 Alberto Bernadas were wounded in the firefight which lasted 2…
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Transport group cancels nationwide strike on Dec. 4-5
The transport group protesting the government’s jeepney modernization program is calling off its planned two-day nationwide strike. Pinagkaisahang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) president George San Mateo in a press briefing on Sunday said they heeded the call of Senator Grace Poe. Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services, on…
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Duterte may decide on Mindanao martial law extension next week
Mindanao martial law extension: Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Saturday said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines will submit next week to President Rodrigo Duterte its recommendation to extend martial law in Mindanao, and that the chief executive might also decide on it next week. In a briefing in Zamboanga City, Roque said that…
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Duterte says Mabilog’s refusal to come back is sign of guilty: ‘I told you he was a drug dealer’
President Rodrigo Duterte feels vindicated in outing former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog as a “drug dealer.” In a speech Wednesday, Duterte Mabilog’s flight just before he was dismissed by the Ombudsman showed he was guilty of charges that he made Iloilo the “most shabulized” city in the Philippines. “I told you Mabilog…