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NegOcc poultry production hit by warm weather

BACOLOD CITY -- The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) has advised poultry growers in Negros Occidental to reduce loading capacity amid the heat that could result to mortality among the chicken population. Dr....

Steel-cutting for Navy’s missile-capable frigates starts

MANILA --- Shipbuilder Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has formally started the construction of the Philippine Navy (PN)'s first two missile-capable frigates with the steel-cutting ceremony held in Ulsan, South Korea...

Duterte declares May 14 special non-working day

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed on Wednesday a proclamation declaring May 14 as a special non-working day throughout the country to allow the people to vote in the barangay...

Cops uncover ‘paltik’ factory in southern Palawan town

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Policemen in the southern town of Narra on Tuesday arrested a farmer for illegally manufacturing “paltik” guns. Senior Superintendent Gabriel Lopez, director of the Palawan Provincial Police...

PH infra program seen to boost Bicol economy

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Duterte administration’s infrastructure program can boost and regain high economic growth rate of the Bicol region, said a local official of economic development and planning agency. Agnes Espinas,...

Sayyaf man, pal arrested; bomb-making components seized

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police arrested two people, including an alleged Abu Sayyaf bandit, and seized bomb-making components along the highway in this city’s eastern coast, police officials said Wednesday. Chief Insp. Hazel...

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