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Posted: 27 May 2015 09:09 PM PDT

Binay camp hits Poe: 'Finish your term first'
ABS CBN News
MANILA -- Senator Grace Poe should finish her six-year term as senator first before running for a higher position, one of Vice President Jejomar Binay's spokespersons said on Thursday. Lawyer JV Bautista, who is also the interim secretary-general of the ...
8 alleged VP Binay's dummies appear at Senate hearingGMA News
Senate subpanel report recommends filing of plunder vs Binays, 18 othersInquirer.net
Rural devt to stop migration – BinayThe Manila Times

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Posted: 27 May 2015 12:10 PM PDT

DFA chief Del Rosario remains richest Cabinet member; Luistro still poorest
InterAksyon
MANILA, Philippines – Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert Del Rosario remains the richest Cabinet member while Education Secretary Armin Luistro is still the poorest based on their 2014 statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) ...
Total wealth of Aquino Cabinet rises by P121MInquirer.net
DFA chief still richest in CabinetPhilippine Star
DFA's Del Rosario remains Cabinet's wealthiest memberBusinessWorld Online Edition
The Manila Times -Manila Standard Today -Sun.Star
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Posted: 27 May 2015 09:22 AM PDT

Economic Cha-cha resolution OK'd
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives approved on second reading yesterday a landmark resolution that seeks to ease the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to boost the inflow of foreign investments. Resolution of Both ...
Foreign ownership amendment hurdles House second readingBusinessWorld Online Edition
House okays Cha-cha resolutionManila Standard Today
House on the brink of Cha-chaABS CBN News
The Manila Times -Sun.Star -InterAksyon
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Posted: 27 May 2015 09:14 AM PDT

Pimentel on BBL: Huwag madaliin
ABS CBN News
MANILA - Former Senator Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel warned legislators against hastily passing the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), saying the bill has provisions that clearly violate the Constitution. "Give it some time, huwag madaliin for the sake of, ...
House plenary debates on Bangsamoro deferredBusinessWorld Online Edition
Absentee lawmakers derail Bangsamoro voteThe Manila Times
Seares: Greasing the BBL with porkSun.Star
Minda News -Philippine Information Agency
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Posted: 27 May 2015 01:04 PM PDT

Roxas keen on Poe as running mate in 2016 polls
Gulf Times
Senator Grace Poe yesterday admitted that Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas has already told her that he wants her to be his running mate in the 2016 elections. But the greenhorn lawmaker, who is closing in on Vice President Jejomar Binay in popularity ...
Roxas to Poe: Be my VPInquirer.net
Come join me, Roxas tells PoeManila Standard Today
Mar told: Run for president with or without GraceABS CBN News
InterAksyon
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Posted: 27 May 2015 06:50 AM PDT

Four soldiers wounded in Davao Oriental clash with NPAs
GMA News
The Armed Forces of the Philippines' Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) said Wednesday it is in pursuit of New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Cateel, Davao Oriental after four soldiers were wounded in a gunfight Tuesday morning. In a statement ...
Troops launch manhunt vs rebels in Cateel encounterSun.Star
4 soldiers injured in S. Philippine clashGlobalPost
Four soldiers hurt, NPA firearms recovered in Davao Oriental clashInterAksyon
Philippine Star
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Posted: 27 May 2015 05:31 AM PDT

Palace belittles UNA-Lakas coalition talks
Inquirer.net
MALACAÑANG on Wednesday maintained that the administration coalition is still a political force to reckon with despite the declaration of Vice President Jejomar Binay that opposition party United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) is talking to Lakas-Christian ...
Binay-Arroyo party alliance in 2016? Palace unfazedPhilippine Star
Binay admits talking to Arroyo party for possible coalitionSun.Star

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Posted: 27 May 2015 09:12 AM PDT

Teacher caught in drug bust
Sun.Star
5 caught in Badian. The Police Intelligence Branch present 5 men they arrested in the southern Cebu town of Badian for allegedly using, possessing or selling drugs. They are (from left) Salvador Pallero Sr., Niño James Pondoc, brothers Isagani and Baltazar ...
Acting principal of school in Badian, Cebu caught using shabuCoconuts Manila
OIC principal caught sniffing shabuABS CBN News

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Posted: 27 May 2015 02:16 PM PDT

Phivolcs warns of lake tsunami-like waves
Inquirer.net
Beware a possible tsunami-like wave or "seiche," should an earthquake hit, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned Muntinlupa on Wednesday, adding that a change in atmospheric pressure could cause this huge wave in ...
'Sieche' as deadly as tsunami, govt warnsManila Standard Today
WARNING | Muntinlupa, other lakeside areas may get 'seiche' during quake ...InterAksyon

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Posted: 27 May 2015 05:05 PM PDT

Leaders of MILF, MNLF factions attend OIC meet together
InterAksyon
MILF chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, MNLF chairman Muslimin Sema and lawyer Bong Parcasion, representative of MNLF founder Nur Misuari, walk to the 42nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Kuwait.
MNLF calls proposed OIC meeting 'a desperate act'Manila Standard Today
Ebrahim to represent 'Bangsamoros' in OIC meet in Kuwait – IqbalInquirer.net

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