MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday said the House of Representatives is on standby in the event President Rodrigo Duterte calls for a special session of Congress to pass legislation suspending or reducing fuel excise taxes.... Read full article
LEGAZPI CITY – The Land Transportation Office in Bicol (LTO-5) on Monday recognized the roles and importance of women to kick off the celebration of the National Women’s Month with a theme “Agenda ng Kababaihan Tungo sa Kaunlaran”.... Read full article
MANILA – Lt. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia is now the second-highest official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) after being named as the deputy chief for administration effective Monday.... Read full article
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Authorities arrested 13 persons after they were caught holding an illegal cockfight or "tupada" underneath bamboo trees in the village of Maburak here Sunday afternoon.... Read full article
MANILA – The United Nations (UN) Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday lauded the Philippine government for passing a law increasing the age of sexual consent from 12 years old to 16 years old -- making sexual activity with those below 16 to be consider... Read full article
BALER, Aurora – A suspected drug peddler was arrested and some PHP414 million worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust in Marilao, Bulacan on Wednesday.... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental is ramping up its registration of residents aged 5-17 to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).... Read full article
BUTUAN CITY – Exhausted from being always on the run, a New People’s Army (NPA) insurgent has voluntarily surrendered to the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte.... Read full article
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has convicted a former Cebu mayor and three other city officials in corruption charges in connection with the anomalous diversion of PHP20 million in public funds earmarked for agricultural development into a private compan... Read full article
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office 3 (RFO3) will continue to implement the rice hybridization program in Central Luzon to attain rice self-sufficiency.... Read full article
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