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House panel approves bill regulating practice of criminology

MANILA -- A measure seeking to regulate the practice of criminology in the country hurdled the committee level in the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation,...

PNP also wants drug suspects arrested alive: spokesman

MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) respects public opinion on the need for drug suspects to be arrested alive, as shown in a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, its...

Road widening project in South Cotabato done this year: DPWH

MANILA -- A wider road in Polomok, South Cotabato will soon be serving more motorists as the PHP239-million Marbel-Makar Road widening project is now 76 percent completed. Department of Public Works and...

Sotto apprehensive of proposal to legalize medical marijuana

MANILA -- Senate majority leader Vicente Sotto III said he is concerned about the proposal to legalize the medical use of marijuana or cannabis would mean more Filipinos planting it in...

Solon urges gov’t to evaluate NCMF

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A Lanao del Norte lawmaker has called on the government to review the performance of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), following the controversies that hound the agency. “It...

Iloilo police calls to jam signals inside jail

ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has requested from the provincial government a signal jammer device to be installed at the Iloilo Provincial District Jail in Nanga, Pototan. The provincial...

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