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US Calls for Monday Vote on New North Korea Sanctions

The United States called for a vote Monday on new U.N. sanctions against North Korea, though exactly what measures would be in the resolution remained a mystery. Security Council diplomats, who weren't...

ASEAN Information Ministers tackle fake news

"The proliferation of fake news is real and this has negative impact in our world today." Secretary Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), the current chair of the ASEAN...

Nov. 17 is National Students’ Day soon

The House of Representatives, through viva voce voting, this week approved on second reading House Bill 6283 which seeks to declare November 17 of every year as National Students’ Day in...

Poe leads inquiry on missing, expiring prepaid load

Consumer complaints on the "vanishing prepaid cellphone load" and related issues have prompted Sen. Grace Poe to conduct a Senate inquiry. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, will conduct...

Gov’t to spend P35 B for 100,000 new teachers, cops, firemen

Government will be hiring at least 100,000 new personnel next year, bulk of them frontline workers such as teachers, policemen and firemen, at a cost of almost P35 billion in first...

DOE Raids Illegal LPG Refilling Station

Mandaue, Cebu -  In a move to weed out illegal LPG refilling plants in the market, the Department of Energy-Visayas Field Office (DOE-VFO) together with the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and...

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