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Deputize barangay watchmen in anti-‘tambay’ drive: solon

MANILA -- An administration lawmaker on Tuesday proposed to deputize barangay tanods (village watchmen) instead of policemen in implementing the government's drive against "tambays" (loiterers). In a statement, Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo...

Palawan flights cancelled due to bad weather: MIAA

MANILA -- Flights going to Palawan province from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have been cancelled Tuesday due to bad weather. In an advisory, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the following...

Lawmaker urges HUDCC to freeze rent rates

MANILA -- A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday appealed to the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to freeze residential rent rates for poor and middle-income Filipino families. Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy...

Duterte eyes Kuwait visit in August or September

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte is looking at visiting Kuwait in August or September to personally thank its government for giving into his labor demands, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque...

Palace backs arming of priests: ‘If they qualify, there’s no problem’

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday expressed support for applications of priests and religious workers to carry firearms outside their homes for self-defense amid concerns of the killings of Catholic priests in the...

Albayalde to PNP units: Cooperate in Samar ‘misencounter’ probe

MANILA -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde has directed police units to cooperate with the Special Investigation Task Force (SITF) formed in connection with the tragic misencounter between...

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