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Filipinos reject dictator, believe in strong leader: Cayetano

MANILA-- Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday said while Filipinos do not agree with having a dictator to lead them, the country values a strong leader who gets things...

No available test kits to continue Dengvaxia doses: DOH

MANILA --An official of the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said the department cannot heed the call of a vaccine advocate to complete the anti-dengue Dengvaxia vaccine doses due to...

Public alerted against bogus DSWD validators in Bicol

LEGAZPI CITY--The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has alerted the public, particularly the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), against bogus validators selling various medicines and distributing...

Maguindanao cops arrest 3 drug suspects, seize gun

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao -- Three illegal drug suspects were arrested and 13 sachets of suspected shabu and a hand gun were seized during an anti-drug operation here Thursday morning, police...

Security in place for barangay, SK polls in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY--Security measures are in place for the forthcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in this city, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Lawyer Stephen Roy Cañete, first district election officer,...

DFA verifying reports on missile deployment on West PH Sea

MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is taking "seriously" the reported deployment of anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to three outposts in the disputed West Philippine Sea and is verifying...

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