Locsin eyes lifting of Hong Kong trip ban

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has recommended the lifting of the travel ban on overseas Filipino workers, specifically household workers, following reports that there were no new confirmed cases…

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Shame campaign vs corrupt officials vowed

A shame campaign against those involved in corruption will be applied by President Duterte in a bid to protect public interest and public funds. At the inauguration of the new…

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Duterte opens new Sangley airport

President Duterte opened on Saturday the new Sangley Airport in Cavite City and said that when he ends his six-year term in 2022, he is planning to use it for…

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New China virus cases drop further; death toll passes 1,600

BEIJING, China (AFP) – The number of new cases from China's coronavirus epidemic dropped for a third consecutive day yesterday, as the World Health Organization chief warned it was "impossible"…

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Duterte rejects Manila Bay reclamation projects

  President Duterte said he will never allow any massive reclamation project in Manila Bay, saying it will put the nation's capital at peril. In a speech in Cavite City…

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Awol cop shot dead in Bacolod

    By GLAZYL MASCULINO   BACOLOD CITY - A policeman who had gone absent without official leave (Awol) was gunned down Saturday by four unidentified armed men along Circumferential…

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36 rescued from sex dens

By JEL SANTOS Thirty-six women aged 19 to 36 were rescued by policemen in two suspected prostitution dens posing as a spa and a café in two barangays in Makati…

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Taal continues to emit steam amid lower alert level

Areas in and near the Taal Volcano Island remain under the threat of possible hazards amid the lowering of the restive volcano's alert status last Friday. Phivolcs continued to observe…

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NPA finance officer killed in encounter

A top New People’s Army leader in Eastern Mindanao was killed by government troops in a shootout in Makilala, North Cotabato last Friday. Brig. Gen. Adonis Bajao, commander of the…

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Kai Sotto happy to meet one of NBA’s rising stars

By JONAS TERRADO   Kai Sotto got a chance to interact with some of the NBA’s best when he took part in the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp held during…

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Being a good soldier, C-Stan says he’s willing to play to any team

By JONAS TERRADO   NorthPort’s Christian Standhardinger is not bothered with trade rumors linking him to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, saying he’s a good soldier. Standhardinger’s name surfaced in a…

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Ledama, Uy lead ‘Top 8’ junior winners in San Carlos City netfest

Nilo Ledama and Paula Uy wore down their respective rivals and came away with a pair of abbreviated victories in the premier division of the PPS-PEPP Mayor Rene Gustilo Cup…

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UE fencers top collegiate, HS events in UAAP

University of the East reigned supreme in the men's division for the eighth straight year while its women's squad regained the throne Friday in the UAAP Season 82 Collegiate Fencing…

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Casimero sees war vs Japanese champion

By NICK GIONGCO   Filipino champion John Riel Casimero has set up training camp in sunny Miami, way ahead of his April 25 bantamweight unification battle with Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue…

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DoH: It’s premature to predict Covid-19 direction

The Department of Health (DoH) said that it is still too early to say that the number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases are now starting to stabilize. "It's premature.…

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