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Politics to blame on killings of local execs: Lacson

MANILA -- The recent killings of local executives could be attributed to politics and should not be blamed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s strong stand against criminality, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday...

SC: IRA funds for LGUs must come from all national taxes

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) ruled that the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) given to local government units must be sourced from all national taxes and not only from national internal revenue...

CebGo Manila-Basco flights cancelled Wednesday

MANILA — Four of CebGo's flights between Manila and Basco were cancelled as of Wednesday afternoon due to bad weather in Basco, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said. These flights were DG...

Rogue cop in shabu ‘recycling’ killed in Rizal buy-bust

MANILA -- A policeman allegedly involved in recycling of confiscated illegal drugs was killed in a buy-bust operation in Morong, Rizal, the Philippine National Police Counter Intelligence Task Force (PNP CITF) said...

Village chief on drug watchlist nabbed in Laguna

MANILA -- A barangay chairman in Famy, Laguna has been arrested for possession of illegal drugs. In a report to Camp Crame Wednesday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 4-A (Calabarzon) office reported...

US to work on Duterte-Trump Washington meeting

MANILA -- United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim on Tuesday said Washington will push for the next meeting of President Rodrigo R. Duterte and US President Donald Trump. This, seeing that both...

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