President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) through its Secretary, Jose Lina Jr., and the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to coordinate their efforts and intensify the crackdo
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Justice Undersecretary Manuel Teehankee said yesterday the Lopez Group, Inc. has decided to relinquish all its interest over Maynilad Water Service, Inc. to assure payment of its concession fees of more than R7 billion to the government.
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TAIPEI — The presidential elections in Taiwan, scheduled tomorrow (Saturday), are getting to be much like the polls in the Philippines — highly-spirited and full of political bickering as the two opponents present before the people their proposed platforms of government.
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In the wake of President Arroyo’s declaration reiterating her administration’s full support for the United States anti-terrorism operations in Iraq, the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) yesterday cautioned her over this tough stance, saying this might only expose Filipinos to retaliatory att
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Six big passenger bus organizations with Metro Manila and provincial routes have agreed to stage a "bus holiday" next week in protest of government inability to effectively address their concerns.
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Weapons in prison search
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The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has said that it will conduct regular dialogues with the People’s Law Enforcement Boards (PLEBs), Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS), and other police disciplinary bodies following the recent forum workshop conducted by the Napolco
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The overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families are the prime target of investment scammers, it was announced yesterday by the Pamilyang OFW-Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Network Foundation, Inc. (POFW-SMENFI).
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Manila – Now here is something new in the illegal drug world. A 43-year- old ‘labandera’ (laundrywoman) was arrested by lawmen last Friday night in Sta. Cruz, Manila, and from 25 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P50,000 were seized.
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A man was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Quezon City regional trial court for robbing an electronics operator in Quezon City and violating the ongoing Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban.
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Saint Joseph’s feastday celebrated today
The Confraternity and Friends of St. Joseph Association, in cooperation with the officers and members of the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council on Aurora Blvd. corner Anonas St., Project 3, Quezon City, will be holding this month’s
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PASIG CITY — A Department of Education (DepEd) “quick self-survey” has revealed that many public elementary and secondary schools in the country have no access to safe and potable water which probably must have been endangering the health of millions of schoolchildren.
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Parents of five minors allegedly mauled by barangay tanods of Barangay General T. de Leon in Valenzuela City said yesterday that they will seek the assistance of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) after failing to get cooperation from t
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A high school journalism award, in honor of the late press freedom crusader Vicente L. Del Fierro, a pillar and considered one of the most colorful figures in Philippine journalism in the early post-war period, will be given to outstanding high school journalists of Torres High School in Gagalangin,
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The holding of the 11th Philippine National Skills Competition (PNSC) as part of the ongoing Galing Pinoy Movement program and important updates in Overseas Performing Artists’ (OPAs) testing and certification is TESDA’s major development, TESDA Director General Alcestis Guiang said.
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Public Works and Highways Regional Directors Fidel Ginez, Rodolfo Alday, and Ramon Aquino unveiled recently their action plans for the successful implementation of flood projects, roads, bridges and other structures.
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