Police nab NBP escapee reported earlier as dead
THE missing inmate at the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City has resurfaced with a story of his great escape fit ...
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‘DOH needs focal person for seniors’
Newly-appointed Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa needs to designate a person who will focus on the welfare of ...
Read moreSenate shelves sugar probe as key gov’t officials abroad
Sen. Francis Tolentino deferred yesterday’s hearing in the Senate on the so-called sugar importation fiasco due to the absence of ...
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SOS sent out to curb oil spill, Boracay in peril
The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday appealed for help to contain a massive oil spill from a sunken tanker in ...
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Senators: Expel student-members of unrecognized frats
Senators have sought the expulsion of student-members of fraternities not recognized by their schools. The lawmakers were also mulling holding ...
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Tolentino says local holidays will fuel national economic growth
Local holidays will play a key role in reviving and bolstering the country’s economic growth, three years after it was ...
Read moreSolon: Robust tourism to drive regional recovery
Revitalizing and strengthening the tourism industry is a primary ingredient in “jumpstarting” the pandemic-stricken economy across the Asia-Pacific Region, Sen. ...
Read moreTolentino: Ex-Education chief not yet off the hook for laptops
Sen. Francis Tolentino said former Department of Education (DepEd) Sec. Leonor Briones is not yet off the hook in the ...
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Alan gives up Blue Ribbon, still mulling majority seat
Returning Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is still contemplating joining either the supermajority bloc or minority bloc in the upcoming 19th ...
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