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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:49:00 +0800
Kerwin Espinosa moved to BJMP Taguig facility
Confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, a high-profile detainee, has been transferred to a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:10:00 +0800
Four hurt as gunshots disrupt meeting between Ka Leody, Manobo community on land issues
“Ang pagkilos nila ay para bawiin ang lupang kinamkam sa mga indigenous people. Ilan sa mga kasamahan nilang IPs ay tinamaan ng bala at nagtamo ng mga sugat. Malubha ang kalagayan ng mga kasamang IPs, bagama't wala pang naiulat na namatay sa pangya...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:39:00 +0800
DILG: Almost 9,000 uniformed personnel deployed for 'Agaton' rescue operations
"Responding to the urgent need to assist our kababayans...even before the land-fall we had already positioned our firefighters and police to ensure the safety of our countrymen," Año said in mixed Filipino and English.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:36:00 +0800
Comelec holds back P90-million payment to Smartmatic over alleged data breach
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has withheld P90 million of payment to poll technology provider Smartmatic due to an alleged data breach connected to one of the company's contractual employees. 

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:09:00 +0800
UniTeam courts vote-rich Cebu
A week after the UniTeam Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte bagged the endorsement of One Cebu Party, the tandem held a grand rally in Cebu where they claimed they drew 300,000 attendees.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:53:00 +0800
Pacquiao rejects call for Robredo to withdraw — campaign manager
The campaign manager said he was "relieved" that Pacquiao was unable to participate in the event.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:51:00 +0800
Chito Sta. Romana, Philippine Ambassador to China, passes away
"The Department of Foreign Affairs offers its sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Ambassador Chito, to our nation for its great loss. We pray for the eternal repose of his soul," the DFA said.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:48:00 +0800
DILG takes offense at US State Department report on impunity of PH state forces
In a statement issued Tuesday morning, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año called the report "a mere repetition of unsubstantiated accusations against Philippine security forces that were loosely picked up from the traditional and social media, paints a...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:10:00 +0800
2 military personnel convicted of murder of Bayan Muna activist in 2010
It took 12 years for activists to score a legal victory in the 2010 killing of a Bayan Muna coordinator and activist in Negros Occidental — but one rights lawyer who worked to see the accused military personnel jailed was no longer able to witness ...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0800
‘43% voting for Marcos unlikely to change mind’
An overwhelming majority of those who said they would vote for presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. if elections were held now are unlikely to change their mind on election day on May 9.



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