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Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) updates
NORTH EASTERLIES (WEAK AMIHAN) is prevailing across the Philippines, bringing partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, cooler conditions with passing light to at times moderate rain showers and possible thunderstorms across BATANES AND BABUYAN ISLAND GROUP, NORTHERN LUZON, CENTRAL & EASTERN LUZON, METROPOLITAN MANILA, BICOL REGION, MIMAROPA, including the KALAYAAN ISLAND GROUP (KIG) & VISAYAS. More…
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Jeepney Modernization Program in the Philippines
The jeepney modernization program PUVs – Public Utelity vehicle – more than 15 years old will be banned from the road. They will be replaced by vehicles with “low-carbon and low-emission technology. There are about 180,000 public utility jeepneys, that will be affected. They comprise about 57 percent of the total PUVs. Jeepneys are considered as the “biggest…
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Transport Nationwide strike with suspension of work for 2 days
Manila 17 Oc 2017: Activists and jeepney drivers hold banners during a jeepney transport nationwide strike held in Manila. That nationwide strike started yesterday October 16, 2017. The nationwide transport strike was held in protest against the government’s plan to phase out the jeepney. The government as part of a modernization of the Philippines started a…
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Philippines Doplomats defend the drug war
President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, was supported by many of Philippines top diplomats; “who were killed during police operations were criminal drug dealers”. Reports claiming that some deaths of individuals during the drug war are supecious and not investigated. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Cayetano denied them all;”it is not true”. Cayetano added that “every single one…
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China gave 3,000 assault rifles to the Philippines
China gave 3,000 assault rifles to the Philippines on Thursday as a gesture of “friendly and cooperative relations”, the second shipment of rifles to the Philippines this year as President Rodrigo Duterte seeks closer ties with old foe Beijing. Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Chinese weapons were supposed to go to the military,…
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President Trump will definitely receive a very warm welcome in Manila
Philippines welcome Trump visit: Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said today 30 Sept 2017:“President Trump will definitely receive a very warm welcome in Manila”. Deuterte invited Trump: President Duterte, who has been accused of “crimes against humanity” for waging a bloody war on drugs that has claimed thousands of lives by the white house…
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‘No culture of impunity: The Philippines assured on Friday 29 Sept 2017 that no culture of ingustice in the Philippines. This was in response to a statement expressing concern over killings in the country during its war against grugs. The Philippines government was asked by Iceland and other 39 countries to allow the United Nations reporter…
