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Assorted shark, manta rays seized from Viet fishers in Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- A Philippine Navy patrol craft has taken under its custody a Malaysian fishing vessel with 20 Vietnamese crewmen and also seized over 60 assorted species of...

Tugade suspends top DOTr-Cordillera officials for alleged corruption

CLARK, PAMPANGA -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Monday served a 90-day suspension order against two top officials of its office in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), for alleged grave...

Prelate backs election of Sotto as new Senate president

MANILA -- A former official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Family and Life (CBCP-ECFL) lauded the election of Senator Vicente Sotto III as Senate President. “I personally...

Alvarez: BTC needs more time to study amendments to BBL

MANILA -- The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) has asked for more time to study the proposed amendments to the bill seeking to provide for the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Speaker Pantaleon...

Guevarra backs ConCom proposal on JBC revamp

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday backed the proposal of the Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution to expand the composition of the Judicial and Bar...

Duterte may attend commemoration of Marawi siege anniversary

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte may attend the commemoration of the first anniversary of the day when ISIS-inspired Maute Group laid siege to Marawi City, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson...

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