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Ex-NegOcc mayor faces 10 years in jail for graft

MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan has sentenced to a 10-year jail term a former Negros Occidental town mayor for graft, for allowing in 2009 the operation of a cockpit arena on a lot...

PDEA head insists magnetic lifters contained drugs

MANILA -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Thursday insisted that the four magnetic lifters found in a Cavite warehouse contained a ton of shabu (crystal meth) despite...

Former solon to represent minority senators in ICC oral arguments

MANILA -- Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators in the oral arguments on the petition seeking to invalidate the Philippine government's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court...

Pangasinenses avail of gun licensing caravan in San Carlos City

SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan—A total of 136 gun owners have renewed or applied for their License to Own and Possess Firearms (LTOPF) during the caravan, led by the Regional Civil Security...

Gov’t economic managers identify measures to combat inflation

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday said the economic managers of President Rodrigo Duterte have agreed on several measures designed to combat inflation. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte's economic managers agreed in a...

Martial law extension an option: DND chief

MANILA -- Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said it is early to make a recommendation on whether or not to extend martial law in Mindanao, following the deadly blast that...

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