PNP tags 3 NBI officials in Korean businessman abduction and killing

February 22, 2017

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against three officials of the National Bureau of Investigation implicated in the abduction and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo in October 2016. In the complaint, the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group

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Philippines verifying reports of Chinese missile warehouse in South China Sea

February 22, 2017

The Philippine government is looking into reports that China has almost finished building  almost two dozen structures to store surface-to-air missiles in disputed man-made islands in theSouth China Sea. “We have to verify this report first,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles

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Recto withdraws resolution for Charter Change

February 22, 2017

Senator Ralph Recto has withdrawn his resolution calling for the amendment of the 1987 Constitution, especially economic and social provisions after a committee hearing on Wednesday. Recto, the minority leader, told reporters that “the purpose today is more political.” “So,

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Immigration arrests American in Cagayan province

February 22, 2017

Bureau Of Immigration (BI) agents arrested in Cagayan last weekend an Amercian  wanted by US federal authorities for a string of criminal cases. ​BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 38-year-old Cody Dean Turner, who was arrested Sunday inside his residence along

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Senate votes to hear Lascanas

February 22, 2017

The Senate committee on public order will conduct a hearing to grill a retired police officer who claimed that he was part of  the Davao Death Squad, which killed drug suspects as ordered by then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senate Minority

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Restoration of mandatory ROTC tackled in summit

February 22, 2017

Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement to strengthen the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, corps commanders and senior reservist commanders nationwide gathered in a summit to discuss restoring the mandatory ROTC Tuesday at the AFP Commissioned Officers Club. The ROTC

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Philippine, Israel officials explore expansion of agri cooperation, investments in BPO

February 22, 2017

Israel has expressed its continuing support to develop the Philippines’ farm sector by proposing to expand its exchange program for Filipino agricultural students who want to learn from Tel Aviv’s expertise and advanced technologies in agriculture, a statement from the

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Bello flies to Dubai to visit Filipina in UAE death row

February 22, 2017

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III will leave for the United Arab Emirates on February 28 to see Jennifer Darquez, a worker who was sentenced to death for killing her employer in December 2014. “I will be going to Dubai and

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