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1 dead, 5 wounded in NoCot road accident

COTABATO CITY – An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) worker died while five others were wounded Wednesday after a speeding multicab vehicle rammed a tricycle at the highway in Pikit, North Cotabato. A...

BIMP-EAGA holds potential for Palawan goat raisers

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – The Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) holds a promising potential for goat raisers in Palawan when the Buliluyan-Kudat sea link opens. Leonardo Enriquez of the Department...

Diokno not opposed to teachers’ pay hike

MANILA -- Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday said he was not opposed to any increase in public school teachers’ pay but stressed that this should be done after careful...

Ex-Navy chief: ‘No hard feelings over relief from post’

MANILA -- Despite his unceremonious relief as Philippine Navy (PN) flag-officer-in-command last month, Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado stressed he has no bitterness towards Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. "You know I'm a military...

Drilon backs Puno: SC cannot interfere in cha-cha

MANILA -- Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said that he agreed with the statement of former Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno that the Supreme Court (SC) could not...

Senate, House must ‘dance the same dance’ or no Cha-cha

MANILA -- Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday said that the two chambers of the Congress - the Senate and House of Representatives - must agree whether to vote jointly or...

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