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PH, China agree on restraint vs. activities that complicate sea row

MANILA -- The Philippines and China have agreed to exercise "self-restraint" on activities that will complicate and escalate tensions in region. On Tuesday, the two claimant states concluded the second meeting of...

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day celebrations fall on the same date

MANILA – It’s once in a blue moon that Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day celebrations coincide, but this year does after 73 years. The last time was in 1945. Incidentally, Easter Sunday...

Bahrain PM vows to protect Filipino migrant workers’ rights

MANILA — A day before the Philippine government imposed a total deployment ban in one of the oil-rich state in Middle East following reports of abuses, Bahrain government has committed to...

Bus operators seek fare increase amid higher oil prices

MANILA -- City and provincial bus operators on Tuesday filed a petition seeking a fare increase before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to ease the impact of higher...

‘Basyang’ weakens, tracks Bohol Sea

MANILA -- Tropical Depression "Basyang" has weakened Tuesday afternoon as it moved towards the Bohol Sea, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In its 5-p.m. weather bulletin,...

Police arrest ‘big’ drug pusher; seize P50K suspected ‘shabu’

DUMAGUETE CITY – Anti-narcotics operatives arrested one of the supposed “big” drug personalities in Negros Oriental during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Daro in Dumaguete City on Tuesday. An initial police...

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