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NBI hears from Tab Baldwin; CIDG  checks out drowning site

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation intends to finish this week its probe of the deaths of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) student-athletes Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia and Chukwuemeka Divine Adili, as summoned school officials and other persons are expected to appear before the agency in the next few days. On Tuesday afternoon,

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14-year-old gunman in Tacloban shooting fired at least 33 shots – PNP

MANILA, Philippines — One of the two teenage gunmen in the Tacloban City school shooting was able to fire at least 33 gunshots and even reload his pistol, resulting in the killing of three of their schoolmates, and wounding of at least 20 others. In a briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Philippine National Police (PNP)

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Army instructor probed for allegedly assaulting National Guard trainees

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army is investigating allegations that several graduating National Guard trainees were physically assaulted by an instructor during a sanctioned activity at a military training school in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal, on Monday night. Col. Michael Aquino, public affairs chief of the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division (2ID), said on Tuesday that

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Gov’t blocks violent online game after Tacloban school slays

MANILA, Philippines — The government on Tuesday ordered the temporary blocking of the online shooting game GoreBox as authorities intensified their investigation into whether exposure to the platform may have influenced one of the teenage suspects in the school shooting in Tacloban City that left three students dead and at least 20 others wounded. The

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Owners of guns in campus shooting also face raps

MANILA, Philippines — How did the two suspects—both minors—in the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, which left three students dead and 20 others injured, end up with guns in their possession? The suspects, identified only by their aliases “Rod,” 15, and “Nash,” 14, were tagged by police as the

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P1.7-B smuggled cigarettes seized at private Cebu port

MANILA, Philippines — Suspected smuggled cigarettes worth over P1.7 billion, concealed in 24 containers from Cebu, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and other government agencies. The BOC, National Bureau of Investigation, and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) conducted the operation after the NBI provided intelligence information. According to the BOC, the cigarettes

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