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Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:24:00 +0800
Pacquiao: No relatives in gov’t if anti-political dynasty law in place
Pacquiao has two brothers in the government: House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Rogelio “Ruel” Pacquiao (Sarangani) and Rep. Alberto “Bobby” Pacquiao (OFW Family party-list).

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:22:00 +0800
Blue Ribbon orders arrest of Rose Nono Lin, 4 others for skipping hearings on Pharmally deals
Sen. Richard Gordon said that the arrest orders are "not a punishment", but rather, a show of assertion to people who do not follow the process. 

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:07:00 +0800
DOH lists over 18,000 new COVID-19 infections
Thursday’s tally pushed the nation’s caseload to 3,493,447. Of the total, 6.5% or 226,521 were active cases.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:11:00 +0800
Poe: Public should not carry burden of recognizing fake ATM bills
Senator Grace Poe said that depositors should not shoulder the responsibility of recognizing fake banknotes from automated teller machines, shortly after the Central Bank urged the public to regularly inspect bills as a preventive measure against cou...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:38:00 +0800
DOH logs 618 more Omicron infections; 'Stealth' sub-lineage more common in latest run
According to the DOH, the majority of Omicron cases in the latest batch of samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center had the “stealth” sub-lineage of Omicron or BA.2.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:09:00 +0800
Pimentel wants probe into reportedly high fees of TV, radio campaign ads 
Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III wants an inquiry into the alleged practice of some media outlets in raising their rates for campaign advertisements to unreasonable levels ahead of the elections. 

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:38:00 +0800
PNP records 17% drop in Metro Manila crime incidents
"A 16.9 percent drop from the 131,230 incidents covering the period of Sept 5, 2019 to Nov. 9, 2020."

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:14:00 +0800
DOJ orders NBI probe into phishing scheme victimizing teachers
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the alleged phishing scheme that victimized teachers with Land Bank of the Philippines accounts.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:04:00 +0800
LGUs, police told to enforce COVID-19 protocols during campaign period
The campaign period is set to start on February 8 for national candidates and on March 25 for local candidates ahead of the 2022 elections. 

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:37:00 +0800
Robredo rejects war with China to defend West Philippine Sea
“We don’t need to wage war. What we need to do is to enter into alliances with traditional and emerging partners, allies, so they can help us protect the West Philippine Sea,” said presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo.



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