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24 killed in election-related incidents: PNP

MANILA -- Some 24 persons were killed so far in incidents related to next week's barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Thursday. This number is broken...

Duterte hikes employees’ compensation benefits, carer’s allowance

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed an executive order increasing monthly employees’ compensation (EC) benefits and carer’s allowance in the public and private sectors. Under Executive Order (EO) No. 54...

ConCom’s draft federal Constitution will help the poor: Puno

MANILA -- The new federal Constitution being drafted by the expert panel tasked by President Rodrigo R. Duterte to review the 1987 Constitution will help the poor, said former chief justice...

Tugade fires LTO exec over illegal drugs

MANILA -- Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade has fired a regional officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) after he was apprehended for possession of illegal drugs. The secretary has...

DOLE-7 issues work stoppage order to Cebu water supplier

CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) issued a work stoppage order (WSO) to the Cebu-Manila Water Development Inc. (CMWDI) in Carmen, Cebu following the...

DAR distributes land titles to 155 farmers in Pangasinan

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan -- Some 155 agrarian reform beneficiaries received their certificate of land ownership, or land title, from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) at the Farmer’s Pavilion here Thursday. DAR...

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