DAVAO CITY — Some P128 million worth of farm to market roads (FMR) is scheduled for implementation under the Mindanao Rural Development Program under Phase 2 and will be spread out in the six regions of the island.
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?Anyone brandishing a firearm and is not a member of the armed forces or of the police will be arrested," Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who chairs the Regional Peace and Order Council, said today. "And if that someone is a bodyguard of a politician, the politician will be arrested as well,? he said. ?This is how we will do it, we just have to be really firm in applying the law and protecting the people.?
Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today called for the relief of the director for Southern Mindanao of the Commission on Elections following reports that the official was involved in the padding and shaving of votes in Davao City and Davao del Sur.
Pimentel, whose son Aquilino III had earlier complained that his votes in the senatorial race in Davao City had been shaved by as many as 85,000 votes, said Comelec regional director Remlane Tambuang was involved in what he called “dagdag-bawas operation” in Davao City and Davao del Sur.
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MANILA — In a significant development to promote bilateral Philippines-Japan relations, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Dr. Alberto G. Romulo announced today (May 24) that the Philippine and Japanese Governments have confirmed that Japan will not export toxic waste to the Philippines under the Japan-Philippines Economic Promotion Agreement (JPEPA). This understanding is contained in an exchange of notes through diplomatic channels
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MANILA ? Consul General Maria Agnes M. Cervantes of the Philippine Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the body of a woman OFW has been found in Gardez, Afghanistan a day after she was reported missing by her husband.
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