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DOLE resumes processing of overseas employment certificates

MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday has resumed the processing of Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC). This, as the 15-day suspension implemented by the agency on the processing...

Duterte calls on legislature, judiciary to put up own FOI programs

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged the other branches of government to follow the lead of the executive and set up their own freedom of information (FOI) programs as...

All set for Pampanga’s Giant Lantern Festival on Dec. 16

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- It's all systems go for the Giant Lantern Festival 2017 in this city, dubbed as the country's "Christmas capital", on December 16. Some 50,000 local and...

DOH reports 119 untreated HIV cases in E. Visayas

TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed concern over 119 persons with untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Eastern Visayas, saying they are at risk of spreading this...

Cayetano encourages HK to open economic and trade office in PH

MANILA -- Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, during an official trip in Hong Kong, urged the special administrative region to open an economic and trade office in Manila. The...

Palace optimistic Senate, House will break impasse on 2018 budget

MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday expressed optimism that the Senate and the House of Representatives would be able to thresh out their differences and pass the proposed 2018 General Appropriations Act...

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