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DILG directs ex-village chiefs to liquidate cash advances

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) office here has directed outgoing barangay captains, including those who lost in their reelection bid last May 14,...

PRRD declares June 15 holiday in observance of Eid’l Fitr

MANILA – Employees and students will enjoy yet another long weekend from June 15 to 17 this year. On Wednesday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Proclamation No. 514, which declared June 15 as...

Duterte names new SEC chairperson

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Emilio Benito Aquino as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Duterte signed Aquino’s appointment Wednesday, replacing Teresita J. Herbosa whose seven-year term ended in...

2 riding-in-tandem robbers killed in Pasig shootout

MANILA -- Two robbers riding tandem in a motorcycle were killed in an encounter with responding policemen in Pasig City Tuesday night. A spot report released Wednesday said that Rodel De Jesus was...

DOH taps technology to collect non-communicable diseases data

MANILA --The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that it will engage at least 3,000 cellphone users in the country as respondents in a mobile phone survey focusing on non-communicable diseases...

DOLE: Participating firms in June 12 job fairs not engaged in ‘endo’

MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment on Wednesday (DOLE) assured that all employers that will participate in next week's Independence Day job and business fairs are not included on the...

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