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Release of poll workers’ honoraria now 90% complete in W.Visayas

ILOILO CITY -- The Commission on Elections in Western Visayas (Comelec-6) is now 90 percent complete with the distribution of honoraria for thousands of poll workers who served during the recent May...

Rivermaya concert to benefit Aetas, fisherfolks in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY -- The city government through the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here has exempted the Rivermaya concert for a cause slated on Friday from paying the local amusement tax. Ex-officio member Reylan Hervias,...

DepEd Calabarzon bares regional winners of Natl Literacy Awards

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – Department of Education’s (DepEd) Regional Search Committee (RSC) announced on Tuesday the results of its 2018 National Literacy Awards search. The RSC, composed of Department of Interior and...

House approves bill raising cap of election campaign spending

MANILA -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to raise the cap on campaign expenditures of candidates and political parties. The House passed...

Persistently dirty sea could delay Boracay reopening: Cimatu

MANILA -- Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said it would take longer for the government to reopen Boracay Island to tourists if establishments in the famed island tourist resort would not help fix...

Croc Lolong’s replica to be displayed in QC wildlife park

MANILA -- The National Museum turned over on Tuesday to the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) a replica of "Lolong" the male Indo-Pacific or saltwater crocodile captured in Agusan del Sur province in...

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