Locsin scraps birth certificates for passport renewals | Evening wRap

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Today on Rappler:

  • Foreign Secretary Teddyboy Locsin says that he is scrapping the birth certificate requirement for passport renewals, even as this requirement remains for first-time passport applicants.
  • Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno warns senators that removing the P75-billion ‘insertion’ in the proposed 2019 public works budget would lead to more unemployment.
  • A Davao City court rejects the Department of Justice’s request for a hold departure order against opposition Senator Sonny Trillanes.
  • Comelec announces it has placed the town of Daraga in Albay, and the City of Cotabato, under its control for this election period.
  • Stephen King steps in to save the regional review section of his local newspaper.

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