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Reelectionist barangay chair gunned down in Sarangani

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Police are eyeing several angles, including politics, behind the killing on Thursday night of a reelectionist barangay chair in Kiamba town in Sarangani Province. Police Officer 2 Jeramil Gloria, an...

Another North Cotabato town yields 119 loose firearms

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato--Another North Cotabato town has initiated the surrender of 119 loose firearms to the military in support of the government’s disarmament campaign in Mindanao. On Thursday, this town became the...

‘Biyaya ng Pagbabago’ to be launched in Bohol on Saturday

CEBU CITY -- President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Biyaya ng Pagbabago” anti-poverty program will be launched in Talibon, Bohol on Saturday. Kilusang Pagbabago (KP) Movement’s Visayas lead convenor Doris Isubal-Mongaya, in an interview on...

Catholic bishops appeal BI order vs. Aussie nun

MANILA -- The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to review its order directing Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. “In...

5 fall in drug buy bust ops, P200K worth of shabu seized

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government authorities have arrested five people, including two high-value target drug personalities, and seized PHP200,000 worth of suspected shabu (methampetamine hydrochloride) in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, an...

3 hurt as 6 houses hit by landslides in Bataan

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan -- Heavy rains for almost an hour caused landslides in a village here at past 10 p.m. Thursday, slightly injuring three members of a family and causing damage to...

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