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Precious cloves
A vendor weighs a bag of garlic at the Kamuning market in Quezon City, where a “bawang caravan” was deployed by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to lower the price of garlic, which has spiked to...
View ArticleHigh Court justices’ powers clipped
JOMAR CANLAS SENIOR REPORTERChief Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno has clipped the voting powers of the associate justices of the Supreme Court (SC) by doing away with the traditional deliberation...
View ArticleWhat would Dr. Jose Rizal have thought of President B. S. Aquino’s Philippines
ON the birth anniversary of our foremost national hero, let’s remember that he was a highly moral person. You can see that in all his writings and in his personal actions. He did not say yes to the...
View ArticleSIX LAWMAKERS BACK LEGAL USE OF MARIJUANA FOR AILMENTS
LLANESCA T. PANTIAt least six lawmakers have decided to co-author a pending congressional bill legalizing the use of marijuana to treat ailments. Principally authored by Rep. Rodolfo Albano 3rd of...
View ArticleSingson itching for travel abroad
LLANESCA T. PANTIEven after going to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong bridging May to June, former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson is not slowing down on traveling abroad and has...
View ArticleGigi Reyes still in the country – BI
ROBERTZON F. RAMIREZ Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Siegfred Mison confirmed on Wednesday that Jessica Lucile “Gigi” Reyes, the former chief of staff of Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce...
View ArticleBong, Jinggoy set surrender arrangements
Jefferson Antiporda and Jimmy Pilapil ReportersSenators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada have met separately with the head of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation...
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Palace vows to recover stolen ‘pork’
Catherine Valente ReporterMalacañang on Wednesday assured the public that the government is determined to recover the unexplained wealth or illegally obtained assets of “everybody” involved in the pork...
View ArticleSack Roxas, Purisima, VACC urges Aquino
Joel M. Sy Egco Senior Reporter and Jefferson Antiporda ReporterAMID Malacañang’s admission that it is difficult to curb crime, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) called on President...
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Futile effort
A bucket of water fails to douse a fire that engulfed a warehouse in Valenzuela City where scrap plastic materials were stored on Wednesday. No one was reported hurt in the fire that raged for hours...
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White ladies
The 153rd birthday of national hero Jose Rizal on Thursday is commemorated by a group of Rizalistas who venerate him as a local saint at the Luneta Park. PHOTO BY EDWIN MULI
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Arrest or surrender for Bong
Reina Tolentino and Jefferson Antiporda ReportersSen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla PHOTO BY EDWIN MULI The Sandiganbayan is expected to issue the arrest order today for Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. after the...
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The conduct of recall elections
Persida AcostaPersida Acosta Dear PAO, In the last election, we elected a new mayor. Recently, rumors about his incompetence and laziness circulated to the point that people wish to remove him from his...
View ArticleTAWI-TAWI, MALAYSIAN TRADERS INK JOINT VENTURES IN TOURISM
The two-day 1st Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) International Business Conference has paved the way for the forging of a joint venture between local and Malaysian business stakeholders in...
View ArticleCBCP bucks medical use of marijuana
ROBERTZON F. RAMIREZAn official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the government to find a better alternative medicine to marijuana and expressed opposition...
View ArticleDive club president drowns in Surigao
Anthony VargasAN elderly physician and a dive club president reportedly drowned on Tuesday morning after his group encountered difficulties while exploring an underwater cave in a remote village in...
View ArticleErap asks SC not to oust him as mayor of Manila
JOMAR CANLAS AND JAIME R. PILAPILFormer President Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court (SC) not to unseat him as the incumbent mayor of the city of Manila. In a memorandum...
View ArticleComelec sets satellite registration for PWDs
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens who want to enlist as voters can opt for satellite registration in their villages instead of going to local offices of the Commission on Elections...
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