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President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday imposed a 30-day lockdown on Metro Manila, prohibiting travel to and from the national capital up to April 14, extending the suspension of classes in the metropolis until April 12, and banning…
Updated @ 1:20 a.m., Feb. 11, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Four more Filipinos aboard a cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama, Japan, tested positive on Sunday for the new coronavirus, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on…
Peace may come earlier than you think, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, referring to peace talks with communist rebels that have been terminated some two years back. “With the rate that the (New People’s Army, or…
President Duterte has not retaliated against those responsible for “vilifying” him in the International Criminal Court (ICC), which shows to the world that the Philippines had a “robust democracy” despite complaints that the nation’s leader had committed…
The total deployment ban of workers to Kuwait will remain in effect “until we get justice for Ms [Jeanelyn] Villavende and a consensus on the standard employment contract,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a press…
Updated @ 12:34 a.m., Jan. 15, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano belched less lava and ash on Tuesday, but it was not an indication that the volcano was quieting down and that villagers who fled its…
President Duterte will sign the P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget on Jan. 6. Malacañang officials on Friday confirmed the expected signing of the budget into law, but did not say if the President would veto certain items in…
President Duterte will sign the P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget on Jan. 6. Malacañang officials on Friday confirmed the expected signing of the budget into law, but did not say if the President would veto certain items in…
Even before the investigation of alleged irregularities in the preparations for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) could begin, President Duterte has already exonerated Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, chair of the committee coordinating the Games. “Yes he…
President Duterte has ordered Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend the importation of rice until the end of the Filipino farmers’ harvest season and to buy palay from them. He did not say, however, when the suspension…
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang will leave it to the House of Representatives to review the effectiveness of the K-12 education program. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo stressed that it would still be up to Congress to decide on…
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