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MMDA starts cleanup ops after village polls

MANILA -- Personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) collected more than 15 cubic meters of trash as the agency started its cleanup operations Tuesday following Monday's Barangay (village) and...

Committee report on BBL hurdles House joint panels

MANILA -- Three House panels on Tuesday approved the committee report on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) without any amendments. The House committee on Muslim affairs, voting 27-3, committee on local...

Guevarra: PRRD resign call for DOJ exec an issue of trust, confidence

MANILA -- Appointed government officials will keep their posts as long as they enjoy the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. “It’s a matter...

No reported Filipino casualty in Indonesia suicide bombings: DFA

MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said no Filipino fatality has been reported in the wake of the series of suicide bombings in Indonesia that claimed a...

Senators welcome partial lifting of Kuwait deployment ban

MANILA -- Senators on Tuesday welcomed the partial lifting of the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait following the signing of a labor protection agreement with the Gulf...

Romulo-Puyat asks courtesy resignation of DOT usecs, asecs

MANILA -- Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Tuesday asked all undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of the agency, except career officials, to tender their courtesy resignation. Romulo-Puyat told the Philippine...

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