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PRRD signs law giving PNP control over police training

By Azer Parrocha with reports from Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed a law giving the Philippine National Police (PNP) control and supervision of training...

Canada to complete removal of exported trash by end June

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora | Philippine News Agency MANILA -- A Canadian official said Thursday the removal of the exported waste from the Philippines will be completed by end of next month. “Canada...

PH Navy gets early Christmas gift with launch of BRP Jose Rizal

By Priam Nepomuceno | Philippine News Agency ULSAN, South Korea -- Christmas Day came seven months early for the Philippine Navy as its latest ship, the missile-frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), will be...

Lorenzana keen on acquiring ‘soon-to-retire’ US P-3 aircraft

By Priam Nepomuceno | Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday expressed interest in acquiring a Lockheed P-3 "Orion" surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft, which...

Tax exemption for small-scale gold miners hailed by BSP

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officials applauded the amendment of the National Internal Revenue Code that exempted small-scale miners from paying income and excise tax...

51 winning party-list groups proclaimed

By Ferdinand Patinio/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), on Wednesday officially proclaimed the winning 51 party-list groups in...

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