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2,231 Eastern Visayas villages now drug-cleared: PNP

PALO, Leyte -- At least 2,231 villages representing 80.86 percent of the total drug-affected villages in Eastern Visayas have been cleared of illegal drugs, the Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office here...

Party-list seeks ‘genuine’ representation of IPs in Congress

MANILA – The Tribal Communities Association of the Philippines (TRICAP) on Tuesday filed its Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila pushing for the rights...

Evasco to run for Bohol governor

TAGBILARAN CITY – Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for Bohol governor on Tuesday, ending speculations on whether or not he is going to run in next...

DSWD-10 pilots food bank strategy in 2 MisOr towns

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Misamis Oriental municipalities of Naawan and Lagonglong have been identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as pilot areas for the Community Food...

Interreligious relations ‘unscathed’ by Marawi conflict

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The conflict in Marawi City only damaged the structures and properties but not the relationship between the Christians and Muslims living there, a Roman Catholic priest said. Father...

NFA-NegOcc borrows another 10K bags of rice from Iloilo

BACOLOD CITY -- Still without a final schedule on the arrival of its imported rice stocks, the National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Occidental again borrowed an additional 10,000 bags of rice...

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