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Maute-held areas in Marawi down to 5 hectares

MANILA -- Maute group-controlled areas in Marawi City have shrunk to an estimated five hectares, down from eight last week, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla,...

‘Overseas Filipino Bank will offer convenience, more gov’t funds’

TACLOBAN CITY -- Overseas Filipinos Workers from Eastern Visayas believe that the establishment of the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFB) will not only spell convenience for them in remitting money to their...

Senate okays P33.57-B ARMM budget for 2018

COTABATO CITY -- The Senate approved on Wednesday the PhP33.569 billion budget for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for 2018, the region’s information bureau said. In a statement, the Bureau...

PDEA destroys P10.6-M worth of shabu chemicals, equipment

MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday destroyed a total of PHP10.67 million worth of controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs), together with laboratory equipment intended for the...

Sereno to judges: ‘Commit to duties, stay apolitical’

MANILA -- Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno urged trial court judges to stay focused on their work as dispensers of truth and justice and not to be sidetracked by the political...

10 LGU projects eyed for PPP

MANILA -- The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center is looking at adding 10 projects from local government units (LGU) in the country’s PPP pipeline, as the government aggressively assists in developing such projects...

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