Piñol relieves entire NAIA quarantine group

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol announced Friday the relief of the entire quarantine group at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for perceived lapse in his standing order…

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Batocabe gunman surrenders

One of two gunmen accused of killing a partylist congressman last month has surrendered to authorities and admitted his participation, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde announced…

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7 dead, 5 hurt as feuding clans clash in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven persons were killed while five others were wounded in a firefight between two feuding families Thursday in Hadji Motamad, Basilan. Police identified the feuding families as…

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Rody: Cabinet filled with ex-soldiers who can topple me through a coup

The Cabinet is almost filled with former military officers who can easily launch a coup attempt against the government, President Duterte said Thursday. The President made the candid comment as…

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Duterte warns Albay mayor

President Duterte on Thursday warned a town mayor in Albay against threatening the family of slain Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe. The President said he would slap the local…

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Armed addicts called ‘psychos’

President Duterte on Thursday threatened to slit the throats of big-time drug personalities in front of human rights advocates, calling the armed addicts as "psychos." The President said the country's…

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5 dead, 9 hurt in Batangas road crash

SAN JUAN, Batangas – Five people, including two minors, died while nine others were injured when a tricycle and a Honda Civic collided in Barangay Laiya, here, before dawn yesterday.…

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Former Maguindanao town mayor, brother killed in anti-drug ops

COTABATO CITY – A former Maguindanao town mayor and his brother were killed while his daughter was arrested by police in separate anti-narcotics raids here before dawn yesterday. Supt. Aldrin…

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F. Sionil Jose novels as movie-TV materials

    NOBEL PRIZE – If you ask this columnist, F. Sionil Jose is worthy of a Nobel Prize for literature. His many novels and short stories in English had…

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Landslides, a new major cause of storm deaths

    FOR years, fatalities in our storms and typhoons were mostly drowning victims, peo­ple crushed to death by falling trees, and fishermen and boat passengers carried out to sea.…

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Still at it?

    IT seems that lawyer Jesus Falcis is yet to stop with his on­line rants a few hours into the New Year. On Jan. 1, he tweeted, “3. Nico…

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Jasmine Curtis-Smith, may pasabog

  MAINIT na pagbati ang hatid ni Jasmine Curtis-Smith sa mga fans niya sa pagpasok ng bagong taon. Hindi po siya nagpaputok ng Plapla pero tila ganoon na rin ang…

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Barbie on JM: ‘Hindi kami’

    PINABULAANAN ni Barbie Imperial ang tsismis na magkarelasyon na sila ni JM de Guzman sa tunay na buhay. Ito ay base sa kanyang tweet kamakailan lang. Sabi niya,…

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Catriona in NYC, begins Miss U reign

    MISS Universe Catriona Gray finally arrived in New York City last Thursday afternoon (Manila time). Upon her arrival at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Filipino-Australian beauty…

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ONE Championship: Team Lakay look to go 3-0 at first Manila event for 2019

Filipino mixed martial arts stable Team Lakay will look to keep their momentum riding high when ONE Championship heads to Manila for the first time in 2019 for ONE: HERO’S…

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Nietes breaks down hardest fights

By Nick Giongco Donnie Nietes doesn’t consider his landmark win over Japanese Kazuto Ioka in Macau for his fourth world crown as the most difficult and challenging in his close…

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