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500 senior high school grads in Soccsksargen hired in job fairs

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Some 500 Senior High School (SHS) graduates in the Soccsksargen region have been hired by local companies in a series of job fairs facilitated by the Department of Labor...

MGB-12 suspends works in Tboli mine site after tunnel mishap

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s (MGB) office in the Soccsksargen region has temporarily suspended exploration work in a portion of a mining site in Tboli town, South Cotabato province...

Solon seeks probe on PhilHealth ‘mismanagement’

MANILA -- A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is seeking a congressional inquiry into the alleged gross financial and operational mismanagement and corruption hounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth). Negros...

Paras mulls counter charges vs. Villarin

MANILA -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Undersecretary Jacinto Paras is looking to file charges against Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin for tarnishing his name. “I am studying to file a...

Controversial Cebu mayor accidentally shoots self

MANILA -- Mayor Vicente Loot of Daanbantayan town in Cebu is now out of danger and is recovering after accidentally shooting himself, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday. "Accordingly, he shot...

AFP shells out P27.6-M reward money to 10 informants

MANILA -- Ten informants who provided information that led to the neutralization of eight Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and two communist terrorist leaders received PHP27.6 million worth of reward money from...

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