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Tourist arrivals in 10 months up by 11.54%: DOT

MANILA — The Department of Tourism (DOT) has recorded an 11.54 percent increase in tourist arrivals compared to 2016 with the influx of Chinese tourists becoming the second largest number to...

Over 2K vehicles violate EDSA traffic scheme: MMDA

MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has apprehended 2,657 motorists that did not comply with the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) for...

House members ‘overwhelmingly in favor’ of martial law extension

MANILA -- Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Tuesday said members of the House of Representatives are "overwhelmingly in favor" of President Rodrigo Duterte's request for a full-year extension of martial law...

PDEA tags 639 E. Visayas villages drug-cleared

TACLOBAN CITY-- At least 639 villages in Eastern Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared as of this week, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday. PDEA Eastern Visayas Regional Director...

DOST names best small enterprise tech adoptors

LOS BAŇOS, Laguna – Five Best SETUP (Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program) Adoptors and 24 SETUP graduates were named during the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Calabarzon’s 54th Anniversary...

SolGen: ML extension in Mindanao has legal basis

MANILA -- Solicitor General Jose Calida said Tuesday the extension of martial law in Mindanao has legal basis, citing that rebellion is rampant in several parts of the region despite the...

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