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Police nab 3 Hong Kong nationals in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY--Authorities have arrested three Hong Kong nationals in an island town in the province of Basilan, a top police official said Thursday. Senior Supt. Rufino Inot, Basilan police director, identified those...

NEDA opens search for outstanding volunteers in Calabarzon

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Region IV-A is coordinating with various partner agencies, clients, volunteer groups, and the general public for their possible nominees to Search...

Cop hurt in skirmish with suspected NPA rebs in Masbate

LEGAZPI CITY--A police officer was wounded in an ambush by suspected members of the New Peoples Army while responding to a tip about the presence of armed men in Barangay Balocawe,...

Boracay buildings on agricultural lands face demolition

MANILA -- The government might have to demolish structures illegally built on agricultural lands in Boracay to implement agrarian reform in the island resort, a top official said. DAR Undersecretary David Erro said...

DAR begins agrarian reform process for idle gov’t land

MANILA -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has begun carrying out President Rodrigo R. Duterte's order to subject all tracts of idle government land nationwide to agrarian reform so these would...

Kin of slain broadcaster assured of security, justice

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – The wife of slain broadcast journalist Edmund Sestoso was assured of security as Palace officials vowed to speed up the resolution of the radioman’s brutal murder on...

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