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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 01:30 PM PST

Duterte dines with tycoons
Inquirer.net
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion arranged a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and the Go Negosyo Kapatid taipans to express their support to the President in helping all areas of conflict and extreme poverty in the country.
Duterte dines, discusses contractualization with Filipino tycoonsGMA News
Duterte hosts intimate dinner for top businessmenRappler
Duterte summons tycoonsManila Bulletin
The Manila Times -Business Mirror -Malaya
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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 09:59 AM PST

CA clears Valenzuela mayor in deadly factory fire
Inquirer.net
Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian was cleared by the Court of Appeals of any liability in one of the worst fire incidents in the country two years ago. In a decision dated Nov. 28 but released only recently, 15th Division Associate Justice Leoncia Real ...
CA clears Mayor Rex Gatchalian of admin liability over Kentex fireGMA News
CA clears Rex Gatchalian over Kentex fireRappler
CA reverses OMB ruling vs GatchalianTempo
The Standard
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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 03:58 PM PST

Broken vows dim chances of extending unilateral ceasefire, forging bilateral ceasefire - Reds
InterAksyon
MANILA, Philippines -- Communist rebels said several issues, including the continued detention of hundreds of political prisoners and the mounting toll of the war on drugs, have made the extension of their unilateral ceasefire "untenable" and dimmed ...
Slim chance of deal in peace talksInquirer.net
All roads lead to Rome for the GRP-NDFP 3rd round of talksDavao Today
Socioeconomic reforms up in 3rd round of peace talksBulatlat

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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 05:32 PM PST

Pangilinan seeks penalty vs social media for spread of fake news
Inquirer.net
To stop the alarming spread of misinformation online, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is seeking a Senate inquiry into possible liabilities of social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for allowing fake news items to propagate on their pages ...
Pangilinan: Facebook must be penalized for fake newsRappler
Sen. Pangilinan wants Facebook penalized for inaction on the spread of fake newsManila Bulletin

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Posted: 16 Jan 2017 08:09 AM PST

The Philippine government has reportedly shut down a range of adult sites
Inquirer
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN SWIFT action after it discovered that a lot, and we mean a lot, of its citizens are accessing adult sites and probably masturbating over them. People reckon that the cold shower of a block on pages is down to a ...
PH gov't blocks popular porn sitesInquirer.net

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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 06:19 PM PST

Bad weather forces class suspensions in Mindanao
Inquirer.net
Some local government units in Mindanao have announced the suspension of classes in their respective areas on Thursday, Jan. 19, due to bad weather. In its 24-hour bulletin, the weather bureau said moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms ...
Possible floods, landslides due to heavy rains in parts of Visayas, MindanaoInterAksyon
PAGASA: Moderate to heavy rains in E. Visayas, Mindanao due to tail-end of cold front on ThursdayPhilippine Canadian Inquirer

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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 08:08 PM PST

Sandiganbayan resets ex-MRT GM Vitangcol's graft arraignment
Inquirer.net
The Sandiganbayan has reset the arraignment of dismissed Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III on two counts of graft for an alleged extortion try on Czech firm Inekon in exchange for contracts with the railway system.
Sandigan resets Vitangcol's arraignment for graftABS-CBN News
Sandiganbayan postpones Vitangcol's arraignmentThe Standard

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Posted: 18 Jan 2017 08:03 PM PST