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PCSO to study possible lottery revenue share of barangays

MANILA -- The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) will study a proposal that barangays (villages) should also have a share of revenues collected from the Small Town Lottery (STL). “Itong Small Town...

DOJ files raps vs. 2 alleged kidnappers

MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed criminal charges against two persons implicated in a kidnapping for ransom incident which resulted to the death of a policewoman and injury to...

PNP, other gov’t agencies offer jobs in Laoag

LAOAG CITY—The Philippine National Police (PNP) and other national government agencies joined some 40 companies in a job fair at the Robinsons Mall activity area in San Nicolas town on Tuesday. Organized...

President Duterte signs EO vs illegal contractualization

Cebu City — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 1, signed an executive order on contractualization particularly prohibiting the illegal contracting and sub-contracting of workers. President Duterte signed the order in front...

Palace to solon: Policy-making is legislative

MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday reminded Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate that policy-making is a legislative action, after the latter described as “useless” the signing of the executive order strengthening...

DOLE gives P6-M for Iloilo, Guimaras projects

ILOILO CITY -- Some six livelihood projects from the towns of Iloilo and Guimaras received an assistance worth more than PHP6 million under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Integrated Livelihood...

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