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Cayetano, SAP Go hand over PH aid to Indonesia

BALI, Indonesia -- Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go on Thursday spearheaded the symbolic hand over of the...

PRRD, delegation safe after magnitude-6.4 quake in Indonesia: DFA

MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday reported that President Rodrigo Duterte and the rest of the Philippine delegation currently in Indonesia are safe and are all accounted for...

Gov’t assures child protection in emergency situations

MANILA -- The government, through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), on Thursday gave assurances for the protection of children during times of natural disasters and emergency situations. “The DSWD recognizes...

DOJ opposes Trillanes’ ‘evidence’ in coup raps

MANILA -- Government lawyers have filed their formal objection before the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 to the documentary evidence filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on defects in the amnesty...

PEZA head seeks meeting with PRRD on TRAIN-2

MANILA -- Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito Plaza wants to talk directly to President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss her agency’s concerns about the second package of the tax reform...

DILG, PCOO call on LGUs to adopt FOI vs. corruption

MANILA --- With the Freedom of Information (FOI) fully working at the national level, it is now the turn of local government units (LGUs) to adopt a system of giving the public...

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