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Navy fetes Ancajas for 6th successful title defense

MANILA -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Thursday accorded boxing champion and naval reservist Jerwin Ancajas a hero’s welcome after successfully defending his International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior featherweight belt in Oakland,...

PNP holds command conference for 2019 polls security preps

MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday held a command conference on the security preparations for next year's mid-term elections. PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde led the Command Conference at...

QC mayor disowns messages endorsing bet for next year’s polls

MANILA -- Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Thursday disowned the text messages attributed to him, purportedly supporting Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo in the city's vice mayoralty race in the mid-term...

DILG eyes La Union as poll hotspot after attack on mayor

MANILA -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officer-in-charge Secretary Eduardo Año will recommend the inclusion of the province of La Union on the list of election hotspot for next...

Land developer claims Cebu project ‘aboveboard’

MANILA -- Officials of a local real estate developer on Wednesday claimed tht its project in Lapu-Lapu City is compliant with all legal requirements. In a statement to the Philippine News Agency (PNA),...

Palparan transferred to New Bilibid Prison

MANILA -- Retired Army Major Gen. Jovito Palparan has been transferred to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City from the military detention facility in Camp Aguinaldo, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra...

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