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Aussie nun asks gov’t to junk case for lack of merit

MANILA -- Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox has asked the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to dismiss the case against her for lack of merit. In a 26-page counter-affidavit filed on Friday, the...

9 killed as troops attack ASG lair in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Nine Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed and several others believed to have been wounded during a military assault in the hinterlands of Basilan province, a top...

Mayor Sara eyes Davao as Mindanao’s cultural center

DAVAO CITY--Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has asked the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to make this city as the cultural center in Mindanao. "Through our culture and arts council we...

Traffic police group re-launches ‘tokhang’ vs. ‘wangwang’

MANILA--Motorists who insist on using unauthorized emergency blinkers and sirens popularly known as "wangwangs" may soon get a visit from the police. Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) Director Police Chief...

Ongoing talks on PH-Kuwait issue ‘bearing fruit’: Cayetano

MANILA-- Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday thanked his counterpart in Kuwait over its continuous communications that are now he described "bearing fruit." “Our communications are bearing fruit, the hard...

SC orders adoption of new plea bargaining rules for drug cases

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) En Banc has ordered all trial courts to adopt a new plea bargaining framework in illegal drug cases that would allow an accused to plead...

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