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Sara Duterte urges Comelec to modernize poll system

DAVAO CITY--Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the successful barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, but urged the commission to modernize its system to address the...

OSG asks SC for 2-month extension to submit anti-drug war docus

MANILA – The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has complied with a Supreme Court (SC) order requiring it to submit documents in connection with the two consolidated petitions seeking to stop...

Palace releases appointment papers of new DOT chief

MANILA -- Malacañang has released the appointment papers of new government officials, among them newly sworn-in Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Romulo-Puyat’s paper on May 11...

150 US WWII Vets Receive US Congressional Gold Medal

HONOLULU -- Some 150 Filipino World War II veterans received the Congressional Gold Medal award during the World War II Filipino Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Presentation at the Coral Ballroom of the...

Relic of St. John Paul II up for veneration anew

MANILA -- The faithful will be able to venerate the blood relic of Saint Pope John Paul II for three days next week, his birthday month at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros,...

Russia wants to continue ‘highest level’ of engagement with PH

MANILA -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday night confirmed that Moscow is keen to expand the high-level engagement between the two countries with President Vladimir Putin's future visit to Manila. Lavrov...

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