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Over 80 PAO lawyers deny calling for suspension of Acosta, Erfe

August 15, 2019 admin Dengvaxia, dr. erwin erfe, Latest News Stories, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman, PAO, Persida Acosta, Philippine news updates, Public Attorney's Office

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:49:41 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – At least 84 lawyers from the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) have denied asking the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend chief Persida Acosta and forensics chief Dr. Erwin Erfe, disputing an anonymous manifestation reported by various news sites. In the manifesto released on Thursday, the lawyers collectively called the supposed requests as […]

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Cordoned area in Boracay lifted as DENR says water’s coliform levels are ‘safe’

August 15, 2019 admin Boracay Island, chinese citizen, DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, diaper, Latest News Stories, Philippine news updates, Regions, station 1

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:53:51 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The cordoned area in the Boracay island has been lifted and opened again as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said test samples of the water revealed safe coliform levels. This was after a Chinese tourist was caught on video dumping her child’s used diapers in the sand, causing a […]

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PNP chief: Not far fetched for BIR kidnappings to be “inside job”

August 15, 2019 admin Bureau of Internal Revenue, Kidnapping, Latest News Stories, Nation, news, Oscar Albayalde, Philippine National Police, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:45:56 +0000

Albayalde to 'rogue cops' undergoing retraining: Pray and reflect

MANILA, Philippines—Police are investigating the kidnapping of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officials as possibly cases of inside jobs because of the involvement of “tipsters” helping kidnappers identify their prey, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief. “There are indications that someone is tipping off” kidnappers about who to take next at the BIR, […]

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PDEA busts man with P1.4M worth of ‘ecstasy’ in Quezon City

August 15, 2019 admin buy-bust, ECSTASY, Illegal drugs, Latest News Stories, local news, Metro, Metro News, news, operation, PDEA, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:42:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a man in possession of P1.4 million worth of suspected ecstasy during a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday morning. Members of PDEA Special Enforcement Service (PDEA-SES) Team collared the suspect named Arnold Immanuel Dy after yielding some 465 tablets of suspected […]

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PNP to educators: Act like teachers, don’t brainwash student activists

August 15, 2019 admin act teachers party-list rep. france castro, Latest News Stories, Nation, news, Oscar Albayalde, Philippine National Police, Philippine news updates, student activists

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:45:53 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde called on teachers to stop “brainwashing” students into becoming armed rebels and instead to just do their jobs. “What they should stop is brainwash the students. You are a teacher you act like a teacher, you teach the students on the right things […]

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Catriona Gray bats for approval of gender equality bill

August 14, 2019 admin Catriona Gray, Entertainment, entertainment news, Latest News Stories, Lifestyle, local news, Metro, news, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:35:30 +0000

Miss Universe Catriona Gray urged: Speak up vs lower age of criminal liability

MANILA, Philippines – Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray said it is high time to pass the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill, after a transgender woman was accosted and prevented from using a women’s comfort room in a Quezon City mall. “Last night’s incident involving a transgender woman being prohibited from […]

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Pasay City barangay chairman shot dead

August 14, 2019 admin barangay chairman, Latest News Stories, local news, Metro, news, Pasay, Philippine news updates, police, shooting incident

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:54:01 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – A barangay chairman was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Pasay City Wednesday afternoon. The Pasay City police identified the victim as Vjojo Balais Abagon, 42, who was the barangay chairman of Barangay 37 Zone 3. Initial investigation showed that the Abagon was on his motorcycle cruising along Sen. Gil J. Puyat […]

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De Lima lands in Bicol to visit ailing mother

August 14, 2019 admin Camp Crame, Latest News Stories, Nation, news, Philippine National Police, Philippine news updates, Senator Leila de Lima

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:35:12 +0000

De Lima bares list of candidates she would vote for

MANILA, Philippines – Detained Senator Leila de Lima left the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City early Thursday morning after a court allowed her to visit her ailing mother in Iriga City. Ferdie Maglalang, chief media officer of De Lima’s office, said the senator left Manila at around 4:30 a.m. […]

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Part of Boracay shoreline closed for cleanup after pooping incident

August 14, 2019 admin Boracay, boracay interagency task force, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Tourism, DoT, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, news, Philippine news updates, Regions, sec. berna romulo-puyat, Tourism

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:14:17 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A portion of Boracay’s shoreline was closed Wednesday to conduct a 48 to 72-hour cleanup after a foreign tourist supposedly let her child defecate in its waters, Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. Puyat confirmed Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu instructed Boracay Inter-agency Task Force (BITF) General Manager Natividad Bernardino to isolate the area […]

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MRT-3 revenues, passenger volume hit record low in 2018 — COA

August 14, 2019 admin COA, Commission On Audit, dalian trains, department of transportation, DoTr, Latest News Stories, Metro Rail Transit Line 3, MRT 3, Nation, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:01:09 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The generated revenues and serviced passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) registered a record low in 2018, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) report released on Wednesday. In the audit report, COA showed a comparative analysis of MRT-3’s operations over four years, which revealed that collection from ticket […]

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