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Malacanang: Aquino not affected by resignation calls

Malacanang said President Aquino will not step down and will continue to fulfill his duties as chief executive until his term ends in June next year, despite calls for his resignation. Calls for the President’s resignation have mounted following the bloody clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that left 44 members of the police’s elite force dead. In a press briefing in Malacañang, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President has no intention to step down […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Nueva Ecija district celebrates 85th anniversary

The celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in the province of Nueva Ecija was successfully held at the Philippine Arena on Friday, February 20, 2015 With the Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo himself at the helm, the activities were attended by many members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The main event was a special worship service officiated by the INC Executive Minister and attended by thousands of INC […]

Phl again MERS-Cov free; Filipina nurse now clear of virus

The Filipina nurse who was found to be positive for the dreaded Middle East Respiratory Syndrome –Coronavirus (Mers-COV) has now been cleared of the virus, according to the Department of Health. According to acting health secretary Janet Garin, the pregnant Filipina nurse was discharged on Friday morning from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Garin said the nurse had undergone three succeeding tests every other day.  All showed negative results. She was advised to […]

Palace says Mamasapano incident will ‘make country stronger’

MANILA, PIA- Malacañang said it believes that once the truth regarding the bloody Mamasapano clash is brought to light, the country’s wounds would start to heal, and that overcoming the challenges created by the tragedy would make the country stronger. In a telephone interview yesterday, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. was asked to comment on the mounting calls from different sectors for the resignation of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Coloma explained that in a […]

Uploaders of Mamasapano videos, now under NBI custody

The two uploaders and the cellphones they used in uploading the videos of the Mamasapano tragedy are now in the hands of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). NBI Anti-Cybercrime Division Chief Ronald Aguto confirmed and was able to identify them after the forensic examination, yesterday. The first video showed a wounded Special Action Force (SAF) member being shot twice in the head at very close range by an unidentified gunman. Another video was then uploaded […]

BIFF will not return SAF guns

The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) will not return the guns that they retrieved from Special Action Force (SAF) commandos in Mamasapano, saying that they got said armaments after defeating the SAF commandos.

AFP will buy drones from US

With President Barack Obama’s offer to sell drones to allied nations for their fight against terrorism, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is studying the possibility of buying drones from the United States (US).