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PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica said they would submit the report to the President, which would include the list of congressmen tagged in the anomaly, once the list is completed.

PACC to give ‘corrupt’ lawmakers’ list to Duterte

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission will identify the congressmen allegedly involved in corruption in the Department of Public Works and... Read more

Pope names another Pinoy cardinal

Aside from Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, the Philippines will now have its second active cardinal. Read more

Quinta, the 17th cyclone to enter the country this year, made landfall over San Miguel Island in Tabaco City at around 6:10 p.m. yesterday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Quinta slams Albay; thousands flee

Over a thousand people were evacuated in Bicol yesterday as Typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) slammed Albay province. Read more

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A shopper walks past an advertisement featuring Christmas gift baskets at a mall in Mandaluyong in a 2018 file photo.

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Government to curb Christmas price hikes

Last week, the United Statesâ�� Food and Drug Administration approved Remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19.

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DOH to study Ebola drug vs COVID-19

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13 hours ago - "Quinta" has intensified into a typhoon as it moves westward before likely makily landfall over the eastern coast of Camarines Sur - northeastern coas...

14 hours ago - The Department of Health on Sunday reports 2,223 additional cases of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, bringing the national caseload to 370,028. The DOH also...

16 hours ago - US Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, a spokesman said, the latest in a list of figures connected to Donal...

19 hours ago - A PBA player tests positive for COVID-19. Earlier this week, an official also tested positive, but confirmatory tests turned out negative. The player who tested...

19 hours ago - The United States saw a record high number of new daily COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Saturday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, as...

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The first nine months of 2020 were the second warmest on record (after 2016), according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

UN records warmest September

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Rabiya Mateo poses after winning the Miss Universe Philippines 2020 title during the coronation ceremony held at the Baguio Country Club yesterday.

Iloilo bet is Miss Universe Philippines 2020

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All private and public cemeteries, memorial parks and columbariums were ordered closed during, before and after Nov.1, an annual occasion that has traditionally seen thousands of Filipinos visiting their departed loved ones, to prevent overcrowding and stop the spread of the coronavirus.

PNP activates Oplan Kaluluwa for All Saints weekend

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A construction worker builds a cylindrical metal structure in Yangon, Myanmar.

Government lifts limit in deployment of construction workers

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The 2020 edition of â��The Worldâ��s Women: Trends and Statisticsâ�� revealed that womenâ��s representation among Cabinet ministers has quadrupled over the last 25 years, and in 2020, an average of one in five ministers (22 percent) was a woman.

‘Still a long way for women’s equality’

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JTF commander Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar over the weekend said despite the easing of restrictions, several local governments still decided to maintain a restricted travel policy, where non-authorized persons outside residence (APORs) would still be required to present travel authority.

Non-APORs, LSIs need police pass in restricted areas

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The decision will cover foreigners with visas issued by the immigration bureau pursuant to the Omnibus Investments Code and Republic Act No. 8756, which details the requirements of multinational companies that intend to set up headquarters in the Philippines.

‘Entry of foreigners a work in progress’

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â��This milestone, I believe, gives hope to countries that have no voice and no vote in the ILO,â�� Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said in reaction to the POLO report.

Philippines elected vice chair in ILO government group

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â��Yes, I already talked to him,â�� Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday following the issue of how actress Liza Soberano and other celebrities were accused of supporting what the government considers as front organizations of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New Peopleâ��s Army.

DND: No gag order vs Parlade

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Is the P4.5-trillion budget way too much?

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Telling the truth is dangerous

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Monsignor Hernando Coronel, rector of the Minor Basilica, said they would replace pahalik with â��pagtatanawâ�� or the viewing of the image of the Black Nazarene from the churchâ��s balcony.

Quiapo Church to replace ‘pahalik’ with ‘pagtatanaw’

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Over 14,000 NAIA employees may lose jobs

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Vice President Leni Robredo said she did not manifest any symptoms of the disease.

Robredo goes on quarantine

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Tia Dely Magpayo’s 100th birthday & La Bella Filipina

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