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Duterte hails Moon for pursuing peace, stability in Korean Peninsula

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has commended South Korean President Moon Jae-in for his commitment to promote peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula. “I commended President Moon for his commitment to strengthen...

Association of Mindorenos conducts 3-day caravan in Mindoro island

MANILA – The Association of Mindorenos (TAM) has conducted a three-day summer caravan providing  some 425 backpacks and school supplies for students and eight wheelchairs, shirts, slippers, vitamins and medicines for their...

Diokno: Public school teachers get higher pay

MANILA -- Public school teachers are not underpaid and overworked, contrary to the claims of some teachers’ groups, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said. In a radio interview on Tuesday, Diokno said the current...

TD ‘Domeng’ to bring heavy rains in E. Visayas, Bicol

MANILA -- Tropical depression (TD) “Domeng” will bring moderate to occasional heavy rains in most parts of the country Wednesday as it maintains its strength and moves north-northwest over the Philippine Sea towards...

Duterte warns to place unruly agencies under his office

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte warned Tuesday that he would consider placing officials in unruly government agencies under the Office of the President (OP) to better monitor their functions. “For those offices...

Marawi siege forced PH military to reacquire lost fighting skills

MANILA -- The five-month battle to retake Marawi City from the clutches of Maute-ISIS Group terrorists showed that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has to relearn its former skills like...

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