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Palace ‘profoundly dismayed’ over Reynaldo De Guzman death

MANILA -- Malacañang on Thursday said it is “profoundly dismayed” over the manner by which 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman was killed. “It is with profound dismay that we regard the disturbing death...

Pimentel cites key features of proposed federal form of gov’t

Former Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel, Jr. on Thursday, September 7, stressed that shifting to a federal form of government would not only dissipate the causes of Muslim unrest but would also...

Drug suspects nabbed, drug den dismantled

COTABATO CITY -- Anti-narcotics agents arrested Wednesday four suspected drug traffickers and users during anti-drug operations, officials said. Juvenal Azurin, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM),...

‘Land titles’ sought for settlers in Lanao Sur reservation

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Families occupying the military reservations in Lanao del Sur should be granted land titles as part of the government's effort to counter extremism, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said...

Miners invite Duterte to visit rehabilitated mines

MANILA -- The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) formally invited President Rodrigo Duterte to visit one of the rehabilitated mines in the country in the wake of his recent...

President Duterte attends SSS 60th Anniversary

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Wednesday, September 6, graced the 60th Founding Anniversary of the Social Security System (SSS) and ordered the state-run firm to ensure that employers pay the contributions...

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