PNP cites reasons for crime increase

  MORE people are having greater confidence to report crimes to the police, the reason why the number of people who claimed to have been victimized by criminals went up…

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Korean with HK$3.8-M cash nabbed at NAIA

  AIRPORT customs authorities intercepted a Korean for carrying 3.8 million Hong Kong dollars equivalent to P25.7 million upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on November 30.…

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Creamline reaches PVL Finals

Creamline booked its second straight finals appearance after sweeping PetroGazz in their best-of-three semifinals affair in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan City. The…

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Ateneo beats UP in Game 1

Ateneo moved on the threshold of winning its second straight UAAP basketball crown after holding off University of the Philippines, 88-79, in the opener of their best-of-three Finals last night…

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Ateneo spikers force sudden death

Ateneo-Motolite coach Oliver Almadro kept preaching the virtue of courage and the Lady Eagles put up not just a gallant stand but showed a lot of heart to finally beat…

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Blast rocks CIDG cop’s house

COTABATO CITY – Not even a grenade attack can stop the police from serving and protecting the public. These were the words of Chief Insp. Esmael Madin, chief of the Philippine…

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Rock slide in Bulacan kills boy

STA. MARIA, Bulacan – A two-year-old boy was killed while two others were injured in a rock slide that hit their house in Sitio Gulod, Barangay Patag here Friday. Liz…

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Navy officer gunned down in Albay

LEGAZPI CITY – A suspected member of the New People’s Army gunned down a Philippine Navy officer in Pio Duran, a coastal town in Albay, Friday. Killed was Jesus Jacinto…

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Espenido’s recall order explained

Philippine National Police chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde, on Saturday said Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido had an unfinished business in Ozamiz City, Misamis Oriental. Explaining Espenido’s recall order, Albayalde said…

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NPA hit squad long gone – Albayalde

Police intelligence units have not monitored the presence of the infamous hit squad of the New People’s Army in any part of the country for several years, Director General Oscar…

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Guerrero wants smuggled goods seized swiftly

Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has ordered all district collectors and enforcement commanders to swiftly seize smuggled goods as part of the bureau's intensified anti-smuggling operations. In a memorandum dated Nov. 22,…

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Cold front, ‘amihan’ affecting PH

The tail-end of a cold front and the northeast monsoon or “amihan” will continue to be the prevailing weather systems that will affect most parts of the country this weekend. The…

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Filipinos are now safer, Palace insists

Malacañang said yesterday that Filipinos are now safer despite the latest Social Weather Stations survey which showed that 1.4 million families were victims of common crimes. The SWS said 6.1 percent of…

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Ocampo teaching Lumad kids to fight gov’t – PNP

The Philippine National Police on Saturday accused former Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo and his companions of conducting anti-government indoctrination on Lumad children under the guise of regular elementary or high…

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No Pinoy injured in Alaska temblor

No Filipino was reported injured in the magnitude-seven earthquake that rattled Anchorage, Alaska Friday. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said Saturday the Department of Foreign Affairs continues to monitor…

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Early Christmas gift for Kian’s family

This year would be the second time that Kian delos Santos' family and friends will celebrate Christmas without him after he was killed by three policemen in Caloocan City on…

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