Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:19:14 +0000
The Supreme Court has junked petitions questioning two Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolutions declaring Mayor Cris Garbo as winner in the mayoral race in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, in May 2016.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:00:24 +0000
PH defends deportation to China of 7 Taiwanese in telecom scam The Philippine representative in Taiwan on Wednesday defended the deportation to China of seven Taiwanese arrested by Philippine authorities last year in connection with a telecom racket. In a statement, the Taipei-based Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) described the deportation as “a law […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:59:59 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte said he would soon issue an order banning firecrackers and pyrotechnics nationwide.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:52:15 +0000
The Philippine National Police on Monday said it would review concerns raised by supporters of opposition Sen. Leila de Lima that she was being treated harshly by her police escorts during transfers to and from court hearings and the PNP custodial center in Camp Crame, Quezon City, where she has been detained for nearly two years on drug charges.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:31:45 +0000
The Office of the Ombudsman has slapped former Maguindanao Gov. Datu Sajid Islam Ampatuan with new graft and malversation charges over an alleged P98.25-million ghost purchase of farm supplies in 2009.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:22:20 +0000
Eight areas across the country remain affected by the red tide phenomenon, according to the latest bulletin from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:29:19 +0000
A police officer was killed and at least seven others were wounded in a roadside bombing perpetrated by communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Monday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:30:26 +0000
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will have to postpone the printing of the official ballots for the May 2019 elections by one more week.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:00:08 +0000
Bounty offer ‘not needed’ to solve ambush on Cebu mayor Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday said a bounty was not needed to resolve the killing of the husband of Mayor Lakambini Reluya of San Fernando, Cebu province, and two others. Albayalde said that even without the P50-million reward offered for information […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:38:56 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III appealed to the public to be cautious about information they share on social media as he belied on Tuesday that there was a growing number of influenza cases in the country.
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