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PAOAY, Ilocos Norte -- When lawyer Michael Ferdinand Marcos Manotoc took Carina Amelia Gamboa Manglapus as his bride in a private wedding in Makati City on Nov. 22, officials here could not let it pass without celebrating the union in the traditional Ilocano way.
Read more: Marawi benefits from union of Marcos, Manglapus grandkids
National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde has backed Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa in calling the Reuters report that claimed policemen executed three drug suspects during an anti-narcotics raid in Tondo last October as “very biased.”
Read more: Albayalde backs Bato in blasting Reuters report on druggies’ execution
DAVAO CITY -- Trafficking in human organs, especially kidneys, could increase as a result of a spike in the number of people with chronic renal diseases, according to a government hospital official here.
Read more: Doctors fear rise in organ trafficking as demand spikes
WASHINGTON, DC -- A wide-ranging meeting held November 29 between trade representatives of the Philippines and the United States covered economic issues including a bilateral free trade agreement.
Read more: Follow-up talks on PH-US free trade held in Washington
DAVAO CITY -- Officials of Davao Oriental have asked the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to regulate the operation and presence of Small Town Lottery (STL) there.
taking all her clothes as they fled. She would spend the next few days practically in rags walking aimlessly in the streets of Manila and Quezon City, “feeling dirty and robbed of my soul.”
Read more: Rape victim, ex-‘escort’ now on rescue mission for youths
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, Nov. 28, said he would resign once the Congress has crafted a Constitution that will improve “everything” and rid of “evil things.”
Read more: Duterte: I’ll resign when Constitution is ‘crafted to improve everything’
DAVAO CITY -- Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Malacañang appreciates the call of President Duterte’s supporters for a revolutionary government but stressed a drastic shift of government “has no factual or legal basis for now.”
Read more: Palace sees no reason to declare revolutionary gov’t
The Philippine should have a new constitution that should hold public officials more accountable for their actions, according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who also said he would be willing to have his powers clipped.
Read more: Duterte bats for new constitution that will hold officials more accountable