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Alleged rice smuggler no-show at DOJ probe

MANILA -- Suspected rice smuggler Davidson Bangayan aka “David Tan” did not show up in Thursday’s preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice on the charges filed by the National Bureau...

House set to approve Zambo watershed bill

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The House of Representatives is set to pass on third and final reading House Bill 124 next week after it recently hurdled the second reading. The measure was passed...

Child laborers perish in Northern Samar landslide

TACLOBAN CITY -- Two minors died after being trapped in a landslide that hit a construction site inside an elementary school campus in Lavezares, Northern Samar Wednesday afternoon. The victims were identified...

Classes in Cagayan province suspended due to ‘Odette’

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba on Thursday suspended classes from pre-school to senior high school in both public and private schools in the province due to Tropical Depression "Odette." Mamba...

Palace names OICs for DOH, DICT

MANILA -- Malacañang has appointed officers-in-charge (OICs) for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to fill up the leadership vacuum of the two agencies...

Almost P1B spent for barangay, SK polls prep: Comelec

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has spent close to PHP1 billion in preparation for the October 23 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls that was postponed to May 2018. "The...

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