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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:18 PM PDT

Grace overtakes Binay in Pulse survey
ABS CBN News
After lording over election surveys for the longest time, Vice President Jejomar Binay is now 8 points behind the new frontrunner, Senator Grace Poe, who has not even declared any plans for 2016. The survey conducted from May 30 to June 5 showed Poe ...
Grace Poe pulls ahead of VP Binay in latest Pulse Asia presidential surveyGMA News
Poe overtakes Binay as top presidential bet - PulsePhilippine Star
Poe overtakes VP Binay in survey on 2016 presidential betsCNN
InterAksyon -Rappler -Inquirer.net
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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 12:48 PM PDT

Drilon: Party lines blurred in BBL vote
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines–The senators will not be restrained by party loyalty when the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) comes to a vote, according to Senate President Franklin Drilon. Each senator will make his or her own decision, he told a forum at the ...
'Poe as LP bet? It's still Mar for 2016'Philippine Star
Drilon sees Senate backing economic Cha-chaInterAksyon
No need for convention to decide Liberal Party's presidential candidate, Drilon ...BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Manila Times -Manila Standard Today -CNN
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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 02:06 PM PDT

PH mulls fisheries deal with Taiwan
Inquirer.net
The government is studying a draft fisheries agreement with Taiwan as tensions in rich border fishing grounds reemerged two years after the Filipino coast guard shot dead a Taiwanese fisherman. While the proposed deal will not define borders, it will set ...
Philippines reviews laws on fishery cooperation with TaiwanPhilippine Star
Philippines reviewing maritime agreement with Taiwan following report on standoffAng Malaya Net
Philippines mulls fisheries deal with Taiwan amid sea rowABS CBN News
The Manila Times -Focus Taiwan News Channel -GMA News
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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 09:52 AM PDT

China-claimed reef rises from obscurity
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - It's a harbinger of what's in store for reefs turned into artificial islands by China. Zamora (Subi) Reef, once recognizable from a distance with only a small bunker and a lighthouse, is now highly visible from the Philippines' Pag-Asa island ...
Massive island-building and international lawThe Manila Times

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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:27 PM PDT

Grand Lotto continues to elude punters; P273-M jackpot for Saturday
Manila Bulletin
Grand Lotto 6/55 is expected to balloon further for the Saturday draw at P273 million after a no-winner draw was held on Wednesday. According to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Grand Lotto came up with the winning combination of ...
No winner yet in PCSO Grand Lotto draw with P259.8-M potGMA News

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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:25 PM PDT

Drilon: Aquino will not re-appoint Purisima
Sun.Star
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will unlikely re-appoint Alan Purisima as Philippine National Police (PNP) chief after quitting his post last February, Senate President Franklin Drilon said Wednesday. "I don't think that the President will re-appoint Purisima.
Palace: No chance of reinstatement of PurisimaABS CBN News
Purisima's return ruled outManila Standard Today
Palace: No way for Purisima to become PNP chiefInquirer.net

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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:02 PM PDT

Firefighters start mop-up operations in Boracay after fire
GMA News
Firefighters started mopping-up operations before dawn Thursday at an area of world-famous Boracay Island affected by a huge fire that also disrupted traffic at the island's main road. Boracay fire marshal Inspector Stephen Jardeleza told dzBB radio in ...
Fire guts a hundred houses in BoracayCNN
Boracay fire razes 100 homesRappler
Fire in the island: 100 Boracay houses burn downCoconuts Manila
Inquirer.net -GlobalPost
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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:24 PM PDT

2 firms interested in PCOS machine refurbishment deal
ABS CBN News
MANILA - Two firms, including Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) Corp., are interested in refurbish over 81,000 precinct count optical scanning (PCOS) machines. Only Smartmatic-TIM had so far bought bid documents for the P2.88-billion ...
Automated polls: Smells like troubleBusinessWorld Online Edition
Smartmatic lone bidder for P10.7-B PCOS dealThe Manila Times

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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 05:25 AM PDT

Two more bodies believed trapped in gutted Kentex factory
GMA News
Investigators will return to the fire-gutted Kentex slipper factory in Valenzuela City to look for two more bodies believed to be still buried in the debris, a police official said Wednesday. According to Senior Supt. Emmanuel Aranas, deputy chief of the Philippine ...
Families of factory fire victims sue Kentex ownersABS CBN News
Police looking for 2 more victims of Kentex fireSun.Star
Relatives claim 2 more bodies still trapped in gutted Kentex factoryInquirer.net
Rappler
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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:55 PM PDT

Pagasa: Vismin to experience cloudy skies, rains
Sun.Star
MANILA -- The Intertropical Convergenze Zone (ITCZ) continues to bring cloudy skies with rains over Visayas and Mindanao on Thursday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). The ITCZ ...
PAGASA: Cloudy skies, rain over South Luzon, Visayas, MindanaoGMA News
Pagasa raises flashflood alert over parts of Visayas, MindanaoInterAksyon

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