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Crime victims down in Q2: SWS

MANILA -- The number of people falling prey to crime and violence continue to decline, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a report released Thursday. The Second Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey...

NFA welcomes return to DA

MANILA -- The National Food Authority (NFA) has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte's issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 62 returning the agency to the Department of Agriculture (DA) from the Office of...

MMDA postpones closure of Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge

MANILA -- The closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge connecting Makati City to Mandaluyong City was postponed, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. “Our team just had a meeting with Rockwell and it...

Queen Elizabeth sends PH condolences over ‘Ompong’

MANILA -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has sent the Philippines a message of condolences in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut), which battered northern Luzon over the weekend, resulting in dozens of...

DOJ indicts Espenido, 2 others for homicide over 2017 Ozamiz raid

MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Ozamiz City Police head Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido and two other police officers over the death of six persons in a police operation in...

Navy aircraft conducts damage assessment in ‘Ompong’-hit areas

MANILA -- A Philippine Navy (PN) Beechcraft King C-90 patrol aircraft, one of the five donated by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, was deployed to conduct rapid damage assessment and needs...

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