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Duterte urges cops ‘to do good’ amid scalawags in uniform

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday urged the police to keep on doing good deeds and protect the Filipino people from threat of illegal drugs and criminality despite scalawags in uniform...

DepEd makes adjustments as it gets lower budget in 2019

MANILA -- With a lower budget for its projects and programs next year, the Department of Education (DepEd) will be making the necessary adjustments to ensure the programs continuous implementation, an official...

Majority of Pinoys back national ID system

MANILA -- The newly-enacted Philippine Identification System law got “extremely strong” approval from majority of the Filipinos, a latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey said. The survey, which was held more than one...

Manila court removes 4 names in DOJ terror tag petition

MANILA -- A Manila court ruled that former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Rafael Baylosis, UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, and Jose Melencio Molintas...

No pork barrel in 2019 budget: solons

MANILA --The leadership of the House of Representatives on Wednesday assured the public that there is no pork barrel or lump sum funds in the 2019 national budget. House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya...

Filipinos to be registered for nat’l ID in 2-5 years

MANILA -- The entire population is expected to be registered at the Philippine ID System (PhilSys) in two to five years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Wednesday. The PSA will go full...

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