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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. personally launched the first-ever "Trabaho at Negosyo" event on Friday at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City — a massive initiative designed to connect job seekers with employers and aspiring entrepreneurs with mentors, all under one roof. In his keynote speech, Marcos stressed
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A devastating fire tore through a residential neighborhood in Tondo, Manila early Friday morning, leaving more than 200 families homeless and scrambling for shelter. The blaze, which quickly escalated to a fourth alarm, is one of the worst fire incidents in the area this year. According to the Manila City
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Three Filipino defense personnel have been caught spying for China in what the National Security Council described as a 'serious national security matter.' The trio — who worked for the Department of Defense, the Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Coast Guard — allegedly handed over sensitive military information to Chinese
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Mayon Volcano is not letting up. The iconic Albay landmark has now been under Alert Level 3 for 57 consecutive days, and Thursday's monitoring report showed 30 volcanic earthquakes and yet another effusive eruption — with glowing lava streaming down its slopes in the dead of night. The Philippine
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed the heartbreaking news: a 32-year-old Filipina caregiver named Mary Anne Velazquez de Vera from Basista, Pangasinan was killed by shrapnel during an airstrike in Israel. She is the first confirmed Filipino casualty since the Middle East conflict escalated. According to reports, de Vera was helping
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If you've ever had to cross the old EDSA Kamuning footbridge — lovingly nicknamed "Mt. Kamuning" by frustrated commuters — you know the struggle. That towering, steep overpass was one of the most dreaded pedestrian crossings in Metro Manila. Well, say goodbye to the leg workout, because President
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Customs agents at NAIA just intercepted P29.712 million worth of illegal drugs stashed inside some very creative hiding spots. The Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) announced Thursday that three suspicious parcels arriving from Germany and South Africa were flagged and seized at a Pasay cargo facility on
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Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon is racing against the clock — literally. With the rainy season just a few months away, the DPWH has ordered the accelerated dredging and widening of waterways in Marikina City and surrounding flood-prone areas, hoping to prevent the perennial nightmare that Metro Manila residents know all
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The head of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is in seriously hot water after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) filed both administrative and criminal complaints against him before the Office of the Ombudsman. Jesus Fernandez, the BFP chief, is accused of pocketing P14.752 million
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President Marcos is open to studying a 4-day workweek for government offices, but only as a fuel-saving measure if Middle East tensions keep driving oil prices up.
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The first batch of 299 repatriated Filipinos, including infants and children, arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 from Dubai as the Middle East conflict forces evacuations.