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Oil prices surge by over P1/L

MANILA -- After the slight rollback in pump prices last week, the oil firms announced a more-than-one-peso-per-liter increase on prices of diesel and gasoline, effective Tuesday, May 15. Effective 6 a.m., Petron,...

4 NPA surrenderees assured safety, livelihood assistance

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Livelihood is not the only assistance waiting for rebel returnees, but also safety and security guarantees as well. Sultan Kudarat Gov. Pax Mangudadatu gave this assurance to four...

5 Sayyaf men, soldier killed in fresh Sulu clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Five Abu Sayyaf bandits and a soldier were killed while five others were wounded as firefight erupted anew shortly before noon Monday in Sulu, a top military official...

Village polls in Davao region ‘peaceful’

DAVAO CITY--Police and the military authorities declared as peaceful the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections across the Davao region on Monday. This despite the break out of violence between the supporters of...

2 blasts, vote-buying mar polls in Maguindanao, Kudarat, NoCot

NORTH COTABATO -- Police in North Cotabato said two explosions were heard in areas bordering North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces shortly before noon Monday. Supt. Bernard Tayong, spokesperson of North Cotabato PNP,...

Elections in Central Visayas ‘successful’

CEBU CITY -- The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Central Visayas went “generally peaceful” on Monday. This was the initial assessment of both Provincial Regional Office-7 (PRO-7) director Chief Supt. Robert...

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