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2 female Customs officers hurt in Makati ambush

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 04:19:02 +0000

2 female Customs officers hurt in Makati ambush

MANILA, Philippines — Two female officers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) were injured after four unidentified armed men on board a car shot them in Makati on Friday evening. In a report by Police Maj. Gideon Ines, Makati police Criminal Investigation Division chief, the victims were identified as Maricon Manalo, 56, officer-in-charge at the […]

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Comelec: More than 200k applied in 2nd week of voter registration

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:02:38 +0000

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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday that it received more than 200,000 applications on the second week of the two-month voter registration period. Specifically, Comelec received 269,087 applications nationwide since it started the voter registration on August 1. Of the number, 159,126 applications come from first-time registrants, of which 36,649 […]

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4 Chinese men nabbed for abducting fellow Chinese in Pasay

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:18:44 +0000

4 Chinese men nabbed for abducting fellow Chinese in Pasay

MANILA, Philippines — Four Chinese nationals were apprehended after kidnapping their compatriot who failed to pay his debt inside a casino resort in Pasay City on Thursday night, police said Friday. A report from Pasay City police station identified the suspects as Hui Qin, 29; Shengtao Tan, 40; Kaisi Luo, 36; and Pu Fei, 29. […]

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Acosta asks Ombudsman to junk graft complaints, strike out ‘fake’ testimony

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:48:58 +0000

Suit proves PAO didn’t start vaccine scare – Acosta

MANILA, Philippines – Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta has asked the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss the graft complaint filed against her and a to strike out a manifestation from supposed PAO lawyers seeking her suspension. According to the 7-page motion filed by Acosta on Friday, through the help of PAO, there […]

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Gretchen Diez files complaint vs QC mall for violating gender-fair ordinance

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:20:36 +0000

Gretchen Diez files complaint vs QC mall for violating gender-fair ordinance

MANILA, Philippines – Transgender woman Gretchen Diez filed on Friday a complaint against Araneta Center Group of Companies after she was taken under police custody for trying to enter a female toilet in a mall in Quezon City. The complaint was filed before the Quezon City Legal Office. On Tuesday, Diez documented the alleged harassment […]

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DOTr eyes elevated walkways, bike lanes on Edsa

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:57:02 +0000

DOTr eyes elevated walkways, bike lanes on Edsa

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it was considering building elevated walkways and bike lanes on Edsa to help decongest the traffic-choked highway, following Senate majority floor leader Juan Miguel Zubiri’s promise to realign P1 billion in funds to the department for this purpose. Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran said the DOTr […]

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‘Murang Kuryente Act’ to lower electricity rates in next few months

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:45:11 +0000

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MANILA, Philippines — The newly-signed “Murang Kuryente Act” will lower consumers’ electricity rates by October or November this year, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday. “It will be seen probably on the fourth quarter of this year, October or November but the deadline is 90 days,” Gatchalian, chairman of Senate committee on energy, told ABS-CBN […]

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Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:37:19 +0000

Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año again called on members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms, saying government will not abandon them unlike the NPA. “The government will never abandon you as they [communists] did,” Año said in a statement on Friday. “That is the harsh truth. Walang […]

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Napolcom’s summit tackles assessment on crime situation

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:51:31 +0000

Napolcom’s summit tackles assessment on crime situation

MANILA, Philippines — Authorities from law enforcement, prosecution, courts and community participated in a National Police Commission’s (Napolcom) National Summit on Crime prevention to tackle their plans to address and evaluate the crime situation in the Philippines. In a statement on Thursday, Lawyer Rogelio, Napolcom vice chairman, said the summit will also help monitor the […]

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PNP-IAS chief wants new probe into death of 3-year-old Rizal kid 

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:58:34 +0000

PNP-IAS chief wants new probe into death of 3-year-old Rizal kid 

MANILA, Philippines – A reinvestigation into the killing of a three-year-old girl in Rizal will kick off soon, the head of Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Internal Affairs Service (IAS) said on Thursday. PNP-IAS Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said he wanted to launch another probe into Myca Ulpina, who was shot dead in a buy-bust operation […]

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