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PRRD flies to Japan for Nikkei conference

By EJ Roque/Philippine News Agency MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte left Tuesday afternoon for a three-day visit to Japan to attend the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia and...

MMDA to inspect schools for cigarettes, tobacco products

By Aerol John Pateña/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will inspect the selling and promoting of cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, within the 100-meter perimeter...

PRRD reappoints Mon Tulfo as Special Envoy to China

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has reappointed broadcaster and newspaper columnist Ramon Tulfo Jr. as Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy of the President to China. Tulfo was first...

Envoy: Japanese ‘fascinated’ by Duterte admin

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte is a "fascinating" one for the Japanese, an envoy said on Tuesday. Philippine Ambassador to Japan Jose Laurel V...

PRRD names Guevarra OIC during his trip to Japan

By Benjamin Pulta/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra will be officer-in-charge of the executive department while President Rodrigo Duterte is on official visit to Tokyo, Japan. In Special Order No....

MMDA to file rebuttal on SC petition vs. prov’l bus ban

By Aerol John Pateña/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to file its reply to a petition filed before the Supreme Court (SC) by Albay 2nd...

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