During the visit of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Philippines over the weekend, the Philippine and Chinese sides have agreed to advance oil and gas cooperation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. “On the South China Sea, as Secretary [of Foreign Affairs Teddy] Locsin put it, the South China Sea issue is […]
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Three Black Hawk S-70i helicopters landed at Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 2 in Cuayan, Isabela, 92.9 Brigada News Cauayan City reported January 19. TOG 2 is a Philippine Air Force (PAF) unit operating under Tactical Operations Wing (TOW) Northern Luzon. Earlier this month, Black Hawk helicopters also landed at Loakan Airport in Baguio City for […]
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President Rodrigo Duterte backed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s move to scrap the Department of National Defense’s (DND) pact with the University of the Philippines (UP) that bars police and military inside the university campuses, Malacañang said Tuesday. “Secretary Lorenzana is an alter ego of the President. Of course, the President supports the decision of Secretary […]
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Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to raise the issue around the recent series of accidents involving dated military aircraft, resulting in numerous deaths and casualties. This speech comes at the heels of a 16 January 2021 helicopter crash in Impasugong, Bukidnon. A Philippine Airforce Huey helicopter nosedived […]
Continue ReadingPublic Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar led on Monday, January 18, 2021 the ceremonial inauguration of Urdaneta Bypass Road Project. Secretary Villar said that the completion of the Urdaneta ByPass Road is seen to address traffic bottleneck during peak hours along Manila North Road in Urdaneta City and establish an improved national road […]
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Another batch of 60 police officers from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) have been enrolled in the ongoing Criminal Investigation Course (CIC) to improve their sleuthing skills. In a statement Tuesday, NCRPO chief Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said the 60 police officers came from the five different Metro Manila police districts. “The […]
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Philippine National Police (PNP) Police General Debold Sinas said in a statement that the PNP fully supports the Department of National Defense (DND)’s action to terminate the 1989 agreement it forged with the University of the Philippines (UP). “The agreement between the DND and UP that limits police and military presence in all its campuses […]
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“There will be no opening. I assure you na lahat ng franchise ‘yan hindi i-implement — hindi ko i-implement ‘yan hanggang they settle their full accounts with government,” President Rodrigo Duterte said during his January 18 address to nation without mentioning a specific company. “You can have a thousand franchise. You will not see the […]
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“Gusto ninyo ng Pfizer, kayong mga senador, in Norway, 25 persons died after receiving Pfizer vaccination,” President Rodrigo Duterte said during his January 18 address to nation. “Gusto ninyo? Mag-order kami para sa inyo. Iyon ang gusto ninyo paulit-ulit nandito sa article ng Inquirer,” he added. “Lahat kayo you apparently… Mas bilib kayo sa… Itong […]
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“I denounce the unilateral termination of the longstanding UP-DND Accord,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said after the Department of National Defense (DND) ended its agreement with University of the Philippines (UP) prohibiting the military and police from entering premises of any UP campus or its regional units without prior notice to the UP administration. “Kung desidido […]
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