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TACLOBAN CITY — The coastal town of Malitbog in Southern Leyte province was affected by the African swine fever or ASF for the first time, leading to the culling of at least 150 hogs, officials said. The…
MANILA, Philippines — Forty-one journalists from different news organizations on Tuesday filed a petition for intervention asking the Supreme Court (SC) to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against online news site Rappler. The petition was lodged…
Sen. Nancy Binay has called on concerned government agencies to take down a messaging app used in the deadly “Momo Challenge,” which has been blamed for a child’s death in the country recently. The reelectionist senator also…
IITS EFFECTS A DRIVER’S group is asking government to look for alternative livelihood programs for jeepney drivers, operators and other affected sectors before even thinking about implementing the Integrated Intermodal Transport System (IITS). Greg Perez, chairman of…
Workers on Monday called out the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for not complying with a Supreme Court (SC) decision which ordered the bureau to return “illegally collected” tax from minimum-wage earners. Stressing the urgent need to…
THE Department of Justice will file a motion for consideration after the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court (RTC) dismissed the charges against alleged customs fixer Mark Taguba, Chinese businessman Richard Chen, and seven others implicated in the P6.4-billion…
DAYS before Labor Day, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines has asked Malacañang for an increase in teachers’ salaries, saying they are reeling from the effects of inflation after the recent Tax Reform law was implemented.…
Groups led by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) have asked the United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to look into the Duterte administration’s actions that undermine the judiciary and threaten…
CLOSE to 200 families who lost their homes to a March 14 demolition in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Mambling, Cebu City have expressed willingness to already avail of the city’s relocation site offer. But first, they wanted the…
The Lim family is considering asking the help of National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) to investigate the attempt on the life of Wellington Lim close to midnight on Friday. Jun Fuentes, spokesperson of the…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he won’t ask City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) chief Nida Carbrera to reconsider her decision to resign. “I cannot stop her. If she wants to resign, she has the…
LAS VEGAS SHOOTING Las Vegas — Tourists coming to gamble and party on the Strip will soon find something other than bright lights welcoming them to “Fabulous Las Vegas.” Billboards will serve as a stark reminder that…
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