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SAP Go backs law allowing forced evacuation to achieve zero casualty

MANILA -- Enacting a law allowing authorities to forcibly move out hard-headed residents in an identified danger area in times of natural disasters may be one of the measures to attain zero...

Tolentino would do well as senator: Duterte

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday complimented his political adviser Francis Tolentino for his character, saying he would make a good senator should he choose to run in the 2019...

PH ‘winning the war’ vs. Reds: Duterte

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has high hopes that the government is “winning the war” against the New People’s Army (NPA), noting that many of the rebels have started laying down...

Pinoy community in China gives aid to ‘Ompong’ victims

BEIJING, China — The Filipino community here has organized a cash-transfer donation via social media and mobile payment application Wechat to help provide cash assistance to victims of Typhoon “Ompong” (international name...

Nograles backs P51.7-B budget realignment

MANILA -- House appropriations committee chairman Karlo Nograles on Wednesday said the realignment of some PHP51.7 billion from the 2019 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is a...

Barangay Greater Lagro hosts the Novaliches watershed

MANILA -– Do you know what makes the 21-year-old Barangay Greater Lagro in Novaliches, Quezon City very much different from the other barangays (villages) in Metro Manila, which is composed of 16...

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