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Puerto Princesa bay now red tide-free

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday declared that samples of shellfish harvested from the Puerto Princesa bay tested free of the red...

Alvarez to Sereno: Attend impeach hearing, face allegations

MANILA -- Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday said Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno should personally appear at the impeachment hearing set Wednesday to answer the allegations against her and...

No ECC, no plant expansion for JG Summit in Batangas

BATANGAS CITY – A petrochemical plant in this city would not expand its polymer plant and naphtha cracking plant in Barangay Simlong here sans the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued by...

Palace: Santiago fired over added claims of junkets, corruption

MANILA -- Former Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chief Dionisio Santiago was removed from office by President Rodrigo Duterte not only due to his statements against the mega rehabilitation project but also...

‘Sabotage’ likely behind MRT coach decoupling: Aguirre

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday agreed with the Department of Transportation's statement pointing to sabotage as the reason behind the detachment of a Metro Rail Transit (MRT)...

30 add’l LRT 1 train sets seen to decongest Manila traffic

MANILA -- One hundred twenty new rolling stocks for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the Official Development Assistance (ODA) are seen...

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