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ML extension to thwart ISIS, NPA threats in Mindanao: Duterte

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to further extend the declaration of martial law in the whole of Mindanao for another year, or for the entirety of 2018, in...

Palace hopes for Congress approval on ML extension

Malacañang on Monday, December 11, expressed hope that Congress would see the need to extend the declaration of martial law in Mindanao to ensure the island’s security against remaining rebel groups. Presidential...

Roque hits De Lima, Gascon ‘turnabout’ on EJK definition

MANILA -- The Malacañang Palace has slammed Senator Leila de Lima and Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon for contradicting their own definition of extra-judicial killings, based on Administrative Order...

Tan files counter-affidavit on smuggling raps

MANILA -- Chinese businessman Chen Ju Long, also known as Richard Tan, on Monday submitted his counter affidavit during the continuation of preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in...

118K new absentee voters as of end-September

MANILA -- Over 118,000 individuals have so far registered for overseas absentee voting since the registration started over a year ago, the Commission on Elections - Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV)...

Laborer electrocuted, companion hurt in Cavite construction site

BACOOR CITY, Cavite -- A construction worker was electrocuted while his companion was hurt after a steel gutter they were carrying at the rooftop of a commercial building being built at...

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