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Sexual abuse at home gives rise to teenage pregnancy: DOH

DAVAO CITY–-The unchecked sexual abuses at home has contributed to the teenage pregnancy rate in Davao Region recently, according to the Department of Health in Region 11 (DOH-11) Dr. Raquel Montejo, head...

Nat’l gov’t to appeal SC ruling on IRA: DBM chief

MANILA – Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday said the national government will appeal a recent Supreme Court (SC) decision on Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). According to the...

Nothing new with Reds’ destabilization plan: AFP

MANILA -- There is nothing new with the communist rebels' plans to destablize the existing government, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato said late Wednesday. He...

Duterte visit to South Korea paying off

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s visit to South Korea last month is paying off as more Korean companies will be investing in the Philippines, according to South Korean Ambassador Han Dong-Man. “We...

Gov’t committed to lift 6-M Filipinos out of poverty

MANILA -- The government is committed to reduce poverty rate from 21 percent to 14 percent or equivalent to lifting about six million Filipinos out of poverty by 2022, an official of...

Slain vice mayor’s kin welcomes latest case development

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The family of slain Trece Martires City Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan is hopeful that the discovery of an abandoned Black Toyota Hi Lux vehicle in Maragondon town...

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