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Group favors postponement of Barangay, SK polls in Mindanao

MANILA, Aug. 5 -- Election watchdogs have contradicting opinions regarding the plan to postpone the Oct. 23 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in the whole of Mindanao, which is under...

US Leads Move to Impose New UN Sanctions on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS — The United States is seeking the quick adoption of a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Saturday that would deprive North Korea of $1 billion a year in revenue...

Solons reject closure of Minda extension campuses

MANILA, Aug. 5 -- The House committee on higher and technical education moved to stop the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) from implementing its plan to close down extension campuses of...

Free tuition in SUCs a blessing: Catholic prelates

MANILA, Aug. 5 -- A Catholic bishop has called President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing into law of the bill that would provide free tuition in state universities and colleges (SUCs) a “blessing”...

DUTERTE PROVIDES FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IN STATE UNIVERSITIES

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, August 3, signed a landmark law providing free tertiary education in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Republic Act (RA) No. 10931, also known as the “Universal...

DUTERTE SIGNS ANTI-HOSPITAL DEPOSIT LAW

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, August 3, signed into law, increasing the penalties for the refusal of hospitals and clinics to administer appropriate initial medical treatment in emergency or serious...

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