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Duterte tells NBI to focus on graft and corruption Volume VI, No. 129
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November 3, 2016
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AVAO City––President Rodrigo R. Duterte tasked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to focus on graft and corruption in the government.
He said this during his visit to the tomb of his parents – the late Vicente, former governor of the
Lacson calls US a ‘bully’ IT is not a scare tactic but a bully attitude. This was how Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson described the decision of the US State Department to halt its planned rifle sale to the Philippine National Police (PNP). “The United States’ de-
See focus, page A7
cision to halt the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to the Philippine National Police was not a scare tactic but a bully attitude towards a longtime ally – which is not fair, the Philippines See CALLS, page A7
Online hiring in PH dips ‘Undas in Normin
Salute. President Rodrigo Duterte salutes a wounded soldier at the Camp Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital in Jolo, Sulu on October 31, 2016. Duterte visited eight soldiers wounded in recent clashes with the Abu Sayyaf and awarded each of them a Wounded Personnel medal, P100,000 cash and a Glock pistol. Ace Morandante / Presidential Photo
ONLINE hiring in Philippines witnessed a -2% dip between September 2015 and 2016, according to the latest Monster Employment Index (MEI). The MEI is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in the Philippines, recording the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth in recruitment activity. The Education See ONLINE, page A7
generally peaceful’
CAMP Alagar––November 1 and 2, which is celebrated as All Saints/Souls Day respectively ended this year “with no serious untoward incident” according to police authorities. “It could be considered generally peaceful,” Northern Mindanao police regional director Chief Supt. Noel Constantino said shortly after returning from field inspection around the region. A total of 287 police assistance desk/centers/hubs were set up in key areas around the region and 801 road safety marshals were deployed visibly along highways and roads leading to Palina. Near the gate of the public cemetery in Panabo City on October 31, 2016, children prepare the “palina” for those leaving the cemetery. No fees are cemeteries, aside from the regular police presence, See PEACEFUL, page A7
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