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Saving tuna-rich Philippine Rise seen to boost PH food security

MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the conservation of Philippine Rise, an undersea region east of Luzon, for it to be a rich food source for Filipinos. "We...

House approves HIV/AIDS prevention bill on 3rd reading

MANILA -- The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on final reading a measure seeking to prevent the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)...

972 Caloocan cops pass reorientation training

MANILA – Out of 1,076 police officers from Caloocan City who underwent training for reorientation and moral enhancement, National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde announced on Monday that 972...

NBI to probe dengue vaccine fiasco

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe and file possible criminal charges against people involved in the controversial PHP3.5-billion dengue...

Lacson upbeat on passage of nat’l ID system bill next year

MANILA -- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday said that he felt like there is a big chance that his proposed national identification system bill would be passed during the first quarter...

Sereno: Gadon bribery allegation another ‘fictional work’

MANILA -- The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday slammed the statement of lawyer Larry Gadon saying that a certain 'oligarch' was planning to bribe senators with PHP200...

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