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3 prosecutors suspended over release of smuggling suspects

MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) suspended three state prosecutors for allowing the release of three suspects who tried to smuggle some PHP6 million worth of jewelry into the country through...

PDEA pilots community-based reformation centers in 2 provinces

MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), tasked to provide the "real numbers" on the government's anti-drug campaign, has already opened two community-based reformation centers aimed to rehabilitate drug offenders in...

DOJ to comply with COA recommendations on fund use

MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would comply with the recommendations regarding its undocumented fund transfers, payrolls, and unauthorized bank accounts, which were flagged by the Commission on Audit...

DILG to check on choice of 4Ps beneficiaries

MANILA -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to probe the choice of beneficiaries for the Pantawid Pampamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a government poverty alleviation program that...

Bong Go to launch ‘Sapatos ni SAP’ program for fire victims

MANILA — Drawing inspiration from his community visits in behalf of President Rodrigo Duterte, Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go is set to launch his own shoe-donation program —...

Duterte has 3 directives vs. oil price hike

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has laid out three directives to concerned government agencies in an effort to cushion the impact of oil price hikes on Filipinos, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque...

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