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Senate okays bill on free Wi-Fi, clean toilets in transport stations

MANILA -- The Senate on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to improve the restroom facilities in land transportation and roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) terminals nationwide. Senate Bill 1749, otherwise known...

‘Josie’, ‘habagat’ leave P1.2-B initial damage to Pangasinan

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -- Tropical Depression Josie, which intensified the southwest monsoon and caused torrential rainfall and flooding in Pangasinan, has left an initial damage of PHP700 million to agriculture and PHP500 million...

Palace ready to work with Speaker Arroyo

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday expressed readiness to work with new House of Representatives Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte has very good relations with the former president...

Palace hails all-time high foreign tourist arrivals

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday expressed elation over the all-time high foreign tourist arrivals recorded from January to June this year. “We are pleased to announce that foreign tourists continue to discover that...

Arroyo camp forms transition team

MANILA -- In the aftermath of the House leadership shakeup, House appropriations chairman Karlo Nograles on Tuesday disclosed that a transition team has already been formed by the camp of new Speaker...

SC affirms Sandiganbayan resolutions on PDAF raps vs. Revilla

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petitions filed by detained former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., his chief of staff Richard Cambe, and Janet Lim Napoles seeking to reverse...

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