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PRRD ‘concerned’ about LRT-2 collision

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed concern over the collision of two trains of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) on Saturday that injured at...

Palace: PRRD will bare state of health if it’s serious

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte will reveal the state of his health if it is a serious cause for public concern, Malacañang reassured on Monday amid...

2019 polls voter turnout now at 75%-78%

By Ferdinand Patinio/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is nearing its estimate of between 75 percent and 78 percent voter turnout in the recently-concluded national and local polls. In a...

Gatchalian pushes for passage of tobacco tax hike bill

By Filane Mikee Cervantes/Philippine News Agency MANILA – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday pushed for the passage of a bill seeking to increase excise taxes on tobacco products within the remaining nine...

Proclamation of winning senators, party-lists seen this week

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The proclamation of the winning senators and party-list groups is expected within the week, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Sunday. The Comelec, sitting...

NTF ELCAC exec: Truth prevailed about Reds-linked party-list groups

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA – A ranking official of the National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) said Sunday the truth has prevailed about militant party-list...

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