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Bacolod City CIDG chief jailed for robbery-extortion

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Credit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:45:37 +0000

THE chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Bacolod City was arrested for robbery-extortion, police reported on Friday. Col. Ronald Lee, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), identified the official as Maj. Melvin Madrona. Also arrested was Madrona’s alleged accomplice, Jay-R dela Cruz, 40. Lee […]

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Duterte bans vaping in public places

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:40:28 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order (EO) against vaping in public and prohibited the manufacture and sale of unregistered and adulterated electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and tobacco products. EO 106, which amends EO 26 that imposes requirements and limitations on the advertising and promotion of tobacco products, was signed by the President on February […]

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1 dead, 1 hurt at Makati restaurant shooting

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Credit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:39:09 +0000

A man, identified as Chinese, was shot dead, while another was injured at a restaurant in Makati City on Thursday evening Police identified the fatality as 33-year-old Yin Jian Tao. Yhe injured companion was identified as 25-year-old Kai Zheng. Initial investigation disclosed that the victims entered the Jiang-Nan Hot Pot restaurant at Nicanor Garcia Street, […]

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Local airlines maintain flights to virus-hit South Korea

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:48:37 +0000

FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Thursday said it still maintained the same number of regular flights to and from South Korea despite the two-way travel restrictions. “We still maintain the same number of flight frequencies for now. Shall let you know should we cut back on flight frequencies. At the very least, we may […]

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Earth captures new ‘mini moon’

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Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:38:22 +0000

BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. pic.twitter.com/zLkXyGAkZl — Kacper Wierzchos (@WierzchosKacper) February 26, 2020   WASHINGTON, D.C.: Earth has acquired a […]

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Another Filipina in HK tests positive for Covid-19

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:38:34 +0000

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Hong Kong, has confirmed a report that another Filipina tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Hong Kong Health Department informed the PCG on Thursday about the new unidentified Filipina patient. “Upon receiving this information, [the PCG] immediately checked with the […]

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Lacson: ABS-CBN franchise to expire on May 4 even with ‘1,000’ congressional resolutions

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:33:56 +0000

SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said that the franchise of ABS-CBN Corporation would expire on May 4 whether Congress would pass “100 or 1,000 joint resolutions” to call for its extension. The senator stressed this amid debates whether the Senate and House of Representatives (HoR) could influence – through joint or concurrent resolutions – the […]

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EIU sees 2020 global economic growth at 2.9%

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:00:04 +0000

THE Economist Group’s research arm believes that global economic growth will stay at decades low this year. In a report, The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU) estimates global economic growth at 2.9 percent, matching the expansion rate recorded in 2019. “We expect economic growth in the developed world to slow in 2020, driven by a […]

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Just call me Harry, prince says as royal exit looms

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Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:25:16 +0000

EDINBURGH: Prince Harry asked to be introduced as just “Harry” at an event on Wednesday, kicking off a final round of public engagements before he and wife Meghan step back from their royal duties. The Duke of Sussex, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, will stop using “His Royal Highness” from the end of March […]

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Immigration enforces total revamp at NAIA

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:00:26 +0000

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has implemented a total revamp in all three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as part of its continuing  reform and transformation efforts to cleanse the bureau of corruption. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said on Thursday that the revamp covered all personnel assigned to NAIA terminals from Port Operations […]

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