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Comelec to hold post-polls assessment

By Ferdinand Patinio/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct a post-election assessment of the just-concluded mid-term polls. Comelec chairman Sheriff Abas said this will cover problems that occurred...

Navy chief: Rizal-class frigates acquisition a ‘strategic move’

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency ULSAN, South Korea -- The top official of the Philippine Navy (PN) on Thursday described as a strategic move the commissioning of the missile frigate, BRP Jose...

Comelec stands by credibility of 2019 elections

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Despite protests in the past few days over the technical woes faced by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Chairman Sheriff Abas stood by...

Manila Water Cardona treatment plant now operational

By Ben Cal/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The newly-completed Manila Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Cardona, Rizal is now fully operational and is capable of distributing 50 to 56 million liters of...

PDEA: Ban songs that ‘promote’ illegal drug use

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday asked the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to ban the airing of the...

Bikoy surrenders; tags Trillanes, LP as behind ‘narco-list videos’

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Peter Joemel Advincula, alias "Bikoy", the man behind a series of videos called “Ang Totoong Narcolist”, surrendered to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and...

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