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New AFP chief vows support for drug war

MANILA -- Newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez has pledged that the military would continue to assist other law enforcement agencies tasked to neutralize the drug...

HR body in Saudi probes Mancilla case: DFA

MANILA -- The highest human rights body in Saudi Arabia has taken "serious interest" in the case of Agnes Mancilla, the Filipina worker allegedly forced to ingest bleach in Jeddah, and is...

Aussie nun’s lawyer respects Duterte’s arrest order

MANILA — The counsel of Australian nun Patricia Fox said it is the prerogative of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to order the arrest of the Catholic nun, who was apprehended by Bureau...

Aquino ‘not criminally liable’ for Dengvaxia mess: Gatchalian

MANILA -- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday he signed the draft Senate committee report on the Dengvaxia mess with reservations because he is not convinced that former president Benigno Aquino III is...

President Duterte praises former AFP chief, appoints him to head MARINA

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, commended outgoing Armed Forces of he Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero for his successful stint in the AFP, including the...

America Remembers Barbara Bush

Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush has died at 92. A family statement said she died Tuesday evening with her family beside her. “My dear mother has passed on at age 92,” former...

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