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P14 minimum jeep fare proposed in Baguio, Benguet

BAGUIO CITY -- The jeepney transport sector in Baguio and Benguet is asking the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for a PHP5.50 increase in the minimum fare. Reynardo Bacoco, president of...

BRP Gregorio Velasquez committed to help in PH Rise studies

ABOARD THE BRP DAVAO DEL SUR -- The BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR-702) will be the sole ship committed to help Filipino scientists in conducting further research off the 13-million-hectare Philippine Rise. This was...

Assertion of sovereignty over PH Rise achieved: Nograles

BRP DAVAO DEL SUR (Off Casiguran, Aurora) -- The country’s assertion of sovereignty over resource-rich Philippine Rise has been a success after a civilian recreational vehicle first reached the buoy placed by...

Federalism key to better health service delivery: gov’t doc

MANILA -- A former Doctor to the Barrio (DTTB) in Mindanao on Thursday said that the shift to federalism from the current unitary system of government will be beneficial in improving the...

106 HIV cases in March due to paid sex : HARP

MANILA -- More than 100 individuals who were found positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last March had engaged in transactional sex. According to the Department of Health's (DOH) March 2018 HIV/AIDS...

1K pension hike possible only thru EO or charter change: SSS

MANILA -- Only through the direct intervension of President Rodrigo Duterte by way of an executive order (EO) or through an act of Congress amending the Social Security Law of 1997 can...

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