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MANILA, Feb. 15 -- The Palace condemned the killing of a radio commentator in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, saying the police are already running after the perpetrators.

MANILA, Feb. 15 -- The Palace said lawmakers should not lose the perspective of attaining a lasting peace in Mindanao as they investigate the bloody Mamasapano clash that killed 44 SAF commandos more than two weeks ago.

MANILA, Feb. 5 -- The Palace on Wednesday called for calm amid the furor over the death of 44 police commandos during an operation to arrest two suspected terrorists in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.

MANILA, Jan. 27, 2015— Family and friends of Kristel Mae Padasas paid their last respects earlier today to a Catholic charity worker who died after the papal Mass in Tacloban City.

DAGUPAN City, Pangasinan, Jan. 27, 2015—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) decries the “act of violence against human life” which led to the death of at least 43 policemen in a “misencounter” with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao (BIFF) Sunday, Jan. 25, in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, but remains firm in its support of the peace talks .

MANILA, Jan. 27 -- A high-value suspected terrorist linked to Jemaah Islamiyah was “likely” killed during Sunday’s law enforcement operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, a Palace official has said.

MANILA, Jan. 27 -- The government will continue to push for the Mindanao peace process despite Sunday’s encounter between the police and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said on Monday.

MANILA, Jan 14 -- President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday evening made a televised appeal to the public to work together to ensure everyone’s safety during the upcoming pastoral visit of Pope Francis.

MANILA, Jan. 5 -- The Palace on Sunday defended the fare hike on the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 and the Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2. In a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said the government is just implementing the 'user pay' principle under Philippine Development Plan for 2011 to 2016.

MANILA, Jan. 5 -- Three days after a Bahamian cargo ship sank off the coast of Vietnam, no new survivor or body has been found, a Palace official said on Monday.