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US welcomes PH offer to host strategic dialogue in 2018

MANILA -- The United States has welcomed the Philippines’ offer to host the next US-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) in Manila in 2018. In a joint statement released by the Department of...

843,000 voters register: Comelec

MANILA – More than 840,000 eligible voters registered on Nov. 6-30, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Tuesday. A total of 843,588 applications for registration and reactivation, and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)...

500 Marawi families to get new homes before Christmas: DPWH

MANILA -- Some 500 families displaced by the Marawi City siege would be moving in the transition shelters before Christmas, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Tuesday. According...

DPWH, Uber to work together on traffic planning efforts

MANILA -- The government and the private sector continue to work together in a bid to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila. This, after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)...

SC wraps up oral argument on petitions vs. anti-drugs ops

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ended the three-day oral arguments on the two consolidated petitions seeking to halt the government's anti-illegal drug campaign. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has...

NPA not really interested in peace: AFP

MANILA -- The New People's Army (NPA) rebels never did really aspire for peace, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla said Tuesday. "The government has done all...

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