SBMA chair Eisma steps down, cites ‘health, family’
Olongapo City—Wilma Eisma has stepped down as chairperson and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Eisma said she resigned to “focus on my...
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Environmental protection order sought against illegal dredging at Bucao River
OLONGAPO CITY – A beach farm resort owner has asked the Regional Trial Court in Iba, Zambales to bar the alleged illegal dredging activity at...
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Newly-appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sec. Rex Gatchalian pays a courtesy call on Speaker Ferdinand Martin G....
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Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan hold protest actions at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City to oppose the visit of US...
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Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte on Thursday proposed an inter-agency panel tasked to accelerate the listing of Subscriber Identity...
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Senator Win Gatchalian stressed that the social costs of allowing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country outweigh the economic...
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A Taguig City regional trial court (RTC) has found an alleged member of the New People’s Army guilty of illegal...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.