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Balikatan 2018 launched in Nolcom

CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City ---The Staff Exercise (STAFFEX) and Command Post Exercise (CPX) for Balikatan 2018 started on Tuesday in Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) grounds here. Brig. Gen. Milfredo M. Melegrito, NOLCOM deputy...

Coast Guard finds kilo of ‘cocaine’ washed up on Palawan beach

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Cuyo Coast Guard has turned over to the police a kilogram of suspected cocaine wrapped in a transparent plastic which was washed ashore on the coastline...

Jan-Feb tourist receipts jumped 96%: DOT

MANILA -- Latest data on Philippine travel and tourism performance showed a 96.66 percent jump on visitor receipts for January and February 2018 compared to the same period last year. Based on the...

PhilHealth chief wants to sit down with Duterte

MANILA – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) interim president Ma. Jude dela Serna on Tuesday said that she is seeking an audience with President Rodrigo R. Duterte so she could air her...

BIR-BOC create task force vs. smuggled, counterfeit cigarettes

MANILA -- The Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and of Customs (BOC) have jointly created a task force to crack down on smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes as they intensify their campaign against...

DBP to fund construction of government center in Clark

MANILA -- State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is set to finance the construction of the National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) inside the New Clark City in Central Luzon. On Tuesday, the...

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