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Aquino appoints Dellosa as new Chief of Staff
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MANILA –- President Aquino III has formally appointed Lt. General Jessie Dellosa as the new Armed Forces Chief of Staff during turnover rites at the Armed Forces Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Dellosa replaced Gen. Eduardo Oban Jr. who will turn 56 on Tuesday (December 13). A native…
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Plane crash kills 13
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MANILA — A light airplane crashed in a residential subdivision in Paranaque City, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others, police said. Authorities said a four-seater Beechcraft owned by Queen Air crashed in Better Living Subdivision in Barangay Don Bosco. The airplane also hit F. Serrano Elementary School.…
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School shooting in U.S. kills 2
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A shooting incident has occurred again at Virginia Tech in the United States, killing a campus police officer and another person Thursday (December 8). The incident in the same area in Blacksburg, Virginia is a grim reminder of what many considered as the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman…
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Another Filipino executed in China
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MANILA — The Filipino tourist, who was convicted on drug trafficking charges in China, has been executed Thursday (December 8). Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is the presidential adviser on overseas Filipino worker concerns, made the announcement from Indonesia. Binay, who is attending a democracy forum in Bali, said the…
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Why we all should worry about the Mo Twister video scandal
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9VVP3lu38s] I know you’re all wondering why I’m blogging about the recent scandal that rocked the nation. Yes, I’m pertaining to the video that every one is talking about. Mo Twister’s video, titled RepairedMovie.Mov, was uploaded by a certain prettyjenny55 to the video sharing website YouTube. The video runs…
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Aquino draws battle lines with Corona
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MANILA — There were handshakes and exchanges of pleasantries between President Benigno Aquino III and Chief Justice Renato Corona all right. The President even acknowledged the Chief Justice when he spoke unlike during his inauguration last year. But the President’s speech at the 1st National Criminal Justice Summit Monday (December…
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Army major missing after encounter with NPAs
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MANILA – A Philippine Army major has gone missing after several armed men believed to be New People’s Army flagged down his vehicle along a highway in Diplahan in Zamboanga Sibugay last Saturday (December 3), reports said. Zamboanga Sibugay police chief Senior Superintendent Ruben Cariaga, according to an Inquirer report,…
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Gov’t, MILF to re-open formal peace talks
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MANILA — The Philippine government will resume formal peace negotiations with Muslim rebels on Monday (December 5) in Kuala Lumpur, the government announced. This is also the first time the two sides will formally meet after the Oct 18 incident when 19 Special Forces were killed in an encounter in…