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Malacañang: Duterte will install new PNP chief when he’s ready

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Posted at Jan 03 11:49 PM

Duterte is being deliberate picking a new PNP chief after his previous choice, Oscar Albayalde, was forced to resign when he was dragged into a drug recycling controversy. Read more »

Duterte names Felimon Santos next AFP chief

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Posted at Jan 03 02:11 AM

The new chief of the Philippine armed forces hopes he can fulfill President Duterte's desire to end the country's communist insurgency during his term. Read more »

PH imposes partial deployment ban to Kuwait after OFW’s death

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Posted at Jan 03 02:09 AM

Willard Cheng says the ban could be widened if officials feel justice is not being served. Read more »

Palace: Duterte to pursue fraud charges vs water distributors

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Posted at Jan 03 02:03 AM

The President's spokesman said the evidence against them is their own allegedly onerous deals with the government. Read more »

Martial law in southern Philippines lifted

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Posted at Jan 03 01:54 AM

Chiara Zambrano says that opinions differ on whether martial law benefited the region. Read more »

PH, Singapore helping families of car crash victims

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Updated as of Dec 31 01:16 AM

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs released the identities of two Filipinos killed by a wayward driver in Singapore Sunday. Read more »

FDA: More samples of lambanog test positive for high levels of methanol

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Posted at Dec 28 01:10 AM

The Department of Health has issued a public warning against purchasing palm liquor that already killed over a dozen people because of its lethal methanol content. Read more »

Typhoon Ursula destroys hundreds of houses in Iloilo, Oriental Mindoro

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Posted at Dec 28 12:32 AM

Typhoon Ursula left a trail of destruction in the provinces of Iloilo and Oriental Mindoro where hundreds of homes are destroyed. Read more »

Capiz, Aklan towns still without power days after Ursula's onslaught

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Posted at Dec 28 12:19 AM

The death toll from Typhoon Ursula's Christmas rampage across the central Philippines now stands at 28. At least one more province in the Visayas declared a state of calamity in the storm's aftermath. Read more »

PH gov't bars entry of US senators amid De Lima issue

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Posted at Dec 28 12:11 AM

The Philippine government retaliates for the US' move to deny entry to the United States by Filipino officials who had a hand in jailing opposition Sen. Leila de Lima. Read more »

Police, military hold indignation rallies vs communists

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Posted at Dec 26 11:05 PM

Attempts to revive peace talks between the Philippine government and the communist group are in peril.  Read more »

Laguna bans lambanog sale after 10 die from alcohol poisoning

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Posted at Dec 23 10:56 PM

The Rizal municipal government in Laguna province declares a state of emergency after at least 10 people died from drinking coconut liquor lambanog. Read more »

BIFF could be behind Cotabato, Maguindanao blasts, military says

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Posted at Dec 23 10:48 PM

The Philippine military suspects the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters which has ties to terror group Islamic State is behind the series of bombing attacks in the southern Philippines. Read more »

Trump approves US ban on PH officials involved in de Lima's detention

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Posted at Dec 23 10:44 PM

US President Donald Trump signs a spending bill which includes a provision banning US entry of Philippine government officials behind the arrest and detention of Senator Leila de Lima.  Read more »

Aetas give away sweet potatoes as Christmas gift to Manila residents

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Posted at Dec 21 12:05 AM

It's a usual Christmas sight in Metro Manila that members of the indigenous Aeta community are walking the streets asking for alms. But for this year's holiday season, they traveled from afar bearing gifts for Manila's less fortunate. Read more »

How did some Ampatuan family members get away with murder?

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Posted at Dec 21 12:01 AM

The historic Maguindanao massacre ruling may have brought a sense of justice for most of the victims’ families but it has also raised questions such as how did some Ampatuan family members manage to get away with murder. Read more »

Mangudadatu: Arroyo asked me not to run vs Ampatuan in 2010

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Posted at Dec 20 11:58 PM

Maguindanao Rep. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu reveals there were efforts by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and members of her Cabinet to dissuade him from running in the 2010 Maguindanao gubernatorial race against Andal Ampatuan Sr.  Read more »

Families of Maguindanao massacre victims to go after Ampatuan assets

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Posted at Dec 20 11:51 PM

Families of the Maguindanao massacre victims will be running after the assets of the Ampatuans following the guilty verdict handed down by the court. Read more »

Relatives of Maguindanao massacre victims hail guilty verdicts

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Posted at Dec 19 11:06 PM

Although relieved at the guilty verdicts handed by the court, the worry remains for relatives of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, with some of the accused also acquitted. Read more »

Experts laud verdicts for the accused in Maguindanao massacre case

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Posted at Dec 19 11:02 PM

Experts believe the Maguindanao massacre case leaves a lot of lessons for the Philippines.  Read more »