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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 09:42 PM PDT

Senators vow to find funds for law granting free tuition in SUCs
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Senator Loren Legarda assured on Friday that the new law that institutionalizes full tuition subsidy for students of state universities and colleges (SUCs) would be funded in next year's budget. Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, gave ...
Duterte signs bill granting free tuition to all SUCsManila Bulletin
IN PHOTOS: Duterte meets miners in MalacañangRappler
Duterte signs bill granting free tuition for SUCs | SunStarSun.Star
GMA News -U.S. News & World Report -The Manila Times -InterAksyon
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 04:22 PM PDT

Solons question athletes on BOC payroll
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About 30 basketball and volleyball players, including Kenneth Duremdes, Marlou Aquino and Alyssa Valdez, were hired as "technical assistants" of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) last year although their only apparent function was to play for or coach the ...
'Shabu importer' admits bribing Customs execsPhilippine Star
Faeldon's mission — failed at CustomsThe Manila Times
Solons score Faeldon's hiringsTempo
The Standard -Latin American Herald Tribune
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:06 PM PDT

DOF chief asks police to run after killers of his consultant | SunStar
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FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III called Friday on the law enforcement authorities to find and prosecute the killers of Michael Marasigan, his communications consultant. Dominguez has expressed shock and deep sadness over the death of ...
Finance chief seeks swift justice for PR aide's deathInquirer.net
DOF's Dominguez urges lawmen to find ex-BusinessWorld editor's killersGMA News
Dominguez seeks justice for aide's killersABS-CBN News

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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 04:44 PM PDT

Palace Suspends ERC chair
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Malacañang on Wednesday suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Jose Vicente Salazar for four months for insubordination. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea found Salazar guilty of insubordination for appointing an officer in charge ...
Palace slaps 4-month suspension on 'insubordinate' SalazarManila Bulletin
ERC assures consumers of commitment to mandate despite 'challenges'GMA News
Malacañang imposes 4-month suspension without pay against ERC chair SalazarUNTV News

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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:04 AM PDT

Tillerson to tackle rights issue, Marawi siege in Manila
Philippine Star
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is looking forward to having "robust" talks with Philippine officials on human rights issues and the fighting in Marawi between Islamic State-inspired terrorists and security forces. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File ...
Hapilon still in thick of fight in Marawi–AFPInquirer.net
US officials looking to 'restore' friendship bonds with PHL gov'tBusinessWorld Online Edition
Wanted terrorist leader Isnilon Hapilon still in thick of fight in Marawi, says Philippine military officialThe Straits Times
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 04:00 PM PDT

Binays face trial for rigged contracts
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Former Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son, dismissed Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr., are facing trial on graft and falsification charges, which are bailable, this time for allegedly rigging the procurement for building the P1.3-billion ...
Ex-VP Binay to seek re-investigation of graft, falsification chargesABS-CBN News
Ex-VP Binay, son face raps over P1.3-B school buildingTempo
Philippine ex-vice president, son indicted for graftAnadolu Agency

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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 06:04 PM PDT

Businessman seeks police detail: Lim fears for life
Philippine Star
In a rare occasion, businessman Peter Lim grants interviews to the media. Aldo Nelbert Banaynal. CEBU, Philippines - With his life gripped in fear, Cebu businessman Peter Lim is now seeking security detail from the police, three days after he was ...
Tagged as drug lord, Lim fears for his lifeInquirer.net

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Posted: 03 Aug 2017 10:04 AM PDT