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With Holy Week just around the corner, the MMDA is ramping up security at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) — Metro Manila's biggest bus terminal and the launching point for millions of provincial travelers. General Manager Nicolas Torre III personally led the security audit on Friday. Torre inspected
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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has put his foot down: parents who don't vaccinate their children will NOT be penalized. Period. The clarification came after DOH Undersecretary Emmie Liza Perez-Chiong floated the idea of imposing "minor penalties" on parents who consciously skip immunizations during a House hearing
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Informal settler families in Metro Manila could soon receive a ₱3,500 monthly rent subsidy under House Bill 7230, filed by Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez together with Tingog Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez, Andrew Julian Romualdez, and Jude Acidre. The bill aims to create a Rental Housing Subsidy Program
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After nearly a decade of grief, fear, and waiting, the families of drug war victims finally felt something they hadn't in years: relief. The four-day ICC confirmation of charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Duterte concluded Friday at The Hague, and for the victims' loved ones who
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Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore Jay Tarriela, has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral by President Marcos. The appointment letter, signed by the President and coursed through Acting Executive Secretary Ralph Recto, also promoted two other officers — Weniel Abarquez Azcuna and Oliver Sy
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Three ride-hailing companies just got slapped with a one-year suspension by the LTFRB for violating their franchise conditions — and for ignoring the agency's show cause orders like they didn't exist. The companies are Leggo Information Technology Solutions, Get Express Global Corporation, and Ipara Technology and Solutions,
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Filipino senior citizens may finally get the healthcare facility they deserve. The Senate has passed Senate Bill 1509 on third and final reading with a unanimous 23-0 vote, creating the Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) — the country's first hospital dedicated solely to elderly care. The House passed its own
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Ateneo Law School Dean Jose Maria "Joey" Hofileña has passed away at the age of 64, leaving the Philippine legal community in mourning. His family confirmed the news on Friday, saying they "find comfort in knowing that he is now wrapped in the warm embrace of our
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The Philippine, American, and Japanese militaries just completed a historic six-day joint exercise over the Bashi Channel — the narrow strait separating the Philippines from Taiwan. It marks the first time their Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activities have expanded beyond the South China Sea into these strategically sensitive waters. Aircraft from all
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A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft crashed into a concrete road barrier while attempting to take off from a bypass road in Laoac, Pangasinan on Tuesday afternoon, injuring all five American military personnel on board. The pilot and two others were rushed to the hospital, while the remaining two
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The Bureau of Corrections dropped the hammer on Friday, relieving two prison superintendents from their posts amid ongoing investigations into their conduct — the latest shakeup under BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang's watch. Out are Ricardo Sespene Jr., superintendent of the Leyte Regional Prison, and Marjorie Ann Sanidad, head
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Mayon Volcano in Albay generated an ongoing lava-collapse pyroclastic density current on Friday afternoon — the latest in a series of increasingly intense volcanic events that have kept Alert Level 3 in place over the Philippines' most perfectly shaped volcano. PHIVOLCS reported that lava effusion continues to generate flows that