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Two institutions deny link to Turkish terror group

MANILA, July 18 -- Officials of the Turkish institutions linked by Turkish Ambassador Esra Cankorur denied their involvement to any terrorist groups and activities and appealed for their institutions to be...

SC Justice hits CJ Sereno’s orders on appointments, staff travel allowance

MANILA, July 19 -- An associate justice of the Supreme Court (SC) questioned several administrative orders of Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, including the appointment of a Philippine Judicial Academy (Philja)...

PRRD places casinos under AMLA watch

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte enacted into law a bill that put casinos under money laundering monitoring in a bid to curb illicit financial transactions. Signed by the President on July 14, 2017,...

New CHED Executive Director Appointed

via Ria Fernandez   July 19, 2017, Quezon City – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has appointed Mr. Karol Mark R. Yee as Executive Director IV of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) effective...

Ombudsman sanctions Cotabato officials over P7M water project

via Trixie Jaafar   The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the perpetual disqualification from public office of former Mayor Betty Allado of Banisilan, Cotabato after she was found guilty of Grave Misconduct...

Dominguez cites biz community support for tax reform

MANILA, July 19 -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited the strong support of the American business community for the first package of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP), which,...

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