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Teachers to get pay after finishing duties on election day: Comelec

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured anew that teachers who will be serving as Board of Election Tellers (BETs) in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on May...

‘Balikatan’ unrelated to Chinese missile reports

MANILA -- This year's "Balikatan" exercises is not connected in any way to reports claiming that Chinese missiles systems have been installed in several reefs and islets in the South China...

Coast Guard displays new firearms vs. piracy, terrorism

MANILA --- Seventy Tavor sub-machine Guns 9mm were presented Monday before Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Rear Admiral Elson Hermogino at the PCG National Headquarters Port Area, Manila after the agency’s flag...

PH, US troops to revisit lessons from Marawi siege

MANILA -- Participating American and Filipino troops in this year's "Balikatan" exercises will revisit the lessons learned by the Armed Forces of the Philippines from the five-month battle to retake Marawi City...

NoCot poll aspirant nabbed for firearm, shabu possession

COTABATO CITY -- Police arrested Sunday a candidate running for village chairman for the May 14 village election in Barangay Tumbras, Midsayap, North Cotabato. Supt. Gilbert Tuzon, Midsayap police chief, identified the...

PNP: Over 180K drug surrenderers complete recovery program

MANILA -- Some 184,252 drug surrenderers have graduated from the government's Recovery and Wellness Program (RWP) across the country. This was bared by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Presidential Communications Operations...

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