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10 Bulacan cops in hot water over extort try

MANILA -- Ten San Rafael, Bulacan policemen are in hot water for illegally arresting individuals and extorting money from them. In a statement Thursday, the Philippine National Police Counter Intelligence Task Force...

PTFoMS eyes media inclusion to DAR land distribution

OLONGAPO CITY -- In an effort to provide not only security but livelihood to media practitioners, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has proposed to the Department of Agrarian...

Luzon grid under yellow alert as power plants trip

MANILA -- The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Luzon grid under yellow alert from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on...

PDEA: Hybrid marjiuana seized from Indian nabbed in Muntinlupa

MANILA -- For the first time, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized hybrid marijuana known as kush and hashish from the Indian national and his cohort, who were nabbed during...

BSP forecasts higher inflation in May

MANILA -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is projecting an even higher inflation rate this month to settle within the range of 4.6 percent to 5.4 percent. Inflation rate last month...

Palace welcomes Congress passage of BBL; Duterte acted as mediator among stakeholders

Malacañang on Thursday, May 31, welcomed the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in both houses of Congress, a few days after the President certified the bill as urgent. “We are...

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