PH records 85,000 coronavirus cases

  By ANALOU DE VERA     COVID-19 cases in the country exceeded the 85,000 projection of experts from the University of the Philippines for the end of July after…

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Liza on Aljur’s reason for silence over ABS-CBN issue: ‘Ouch’

  BY NEIL RAMOS   *   Liza Soberano seems not happy with Aljur Abrenica admitting he has been silent on the controversy surrounding the franchise application of ABS-CBN because…

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LPA spotted, to bring rains, along with ‘habagat’

  BY ELLALYN V. RUIZ     Scattered to widespread rains will prevail over parts of Luzon and Visayas in the next few days due to the combined effects of…

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12% VAT on Netflix, Spotify, digital transactions OK’d by House panel

  BY CHARISSA L. ATIENZA     The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Wednesday a measure imposing a 12 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on digital transactions in the…

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54 dead OFWs from Saudi arrive home

  BY LESLIE ANN AQUINO     The remains of 54 deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country Tuesday. The Department of Labor and Employment…

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Transfer of convicted persons stopped

  BY REY PANALIGAN     The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday stopped all trial court judges from ordering the transfer of convicted persons from the detention cells of the…

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Police to destroy 1.4 tons of seized shabu

  BY AARON RECUENCO     The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to destroy some 1.4 tons of shabu which the agency seized in three major operations in Bulacan,…

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Manila opens 3rd COVID walk-in testing center

BY MINKA TIANGCO   The city of Manila opened on Wednesday its third walk-in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center at the Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (JJASGH) on Numancia…

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NBI nabs 3 wanted ASG men

  BY JEFFREY DAMICOG     Three suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) wanted for the kidnapping of six followers of a religious group in Patikul, Sulu have been…

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DoLE looking to revive TUPAD through Bayanihan 2

  BY LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO     Contact tracers, data encoders, and occupational safety and health (OSH) inspectors. These are some of the jobs that the Department of Labor…

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Exhibition fight eyed for Pacquiao in Macau

  BY DENNIS PRINCIPE     WBA world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao may still see action inside the ring at least one more time before the end of the year.…

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Equestrian won’t lobby for SEAG inclusion

  BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA     Equestrian Association of the Philippines (EAP) President Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski said the association does not intend to lobby for the inclusion of the sport in…

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PSC seeks ‘DS’ for elite athletes

  BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA     The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed on Tuesday the renewal of the tripartite agreement among the PSC, Philippine Olympic Committee and the Armed Forces…

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PNP chief defends seizure of placards in Quiapo Church

  BY NOREEN JAZUL     Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Archie Gamboa said he does not consider the confiscation of protestors’ placards by policemen during a Mass in Quiapo…

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600 PCG frontliners infected with COVID

  BY BETHEENA UNITE     More personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard working in the frontlines of the pandemic have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The  PCG now…

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