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Philippine National Police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde addresses PNP members during a flag-raising ceremony at Camp Crame yesterday, announcing he was relinquishing command ahead of his retirement.

Albayalde bids PNP goodbye

Linked to illegal drugs by former colleagues just days before his retirement, Philippine National Police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde yesterday... Read more

Robredoâ��s lawyers filed a 23-page manifestation asking the PET to uphold the rules in resolving the electoral protest filed by former senator Ferdinand â��Bongbongâ�� Marcos.

Leni to SC: Don’t change rules in VP protest

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo yesterday asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, not to change the rules... Read more

Journalist Maria Ressa (front L) leaves her office after she was arrested in Manila on February 13, 2019. Ressa, who has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested in her Manila office on February 13 in what rights advocates called an act of "persecution."

Citing due process, court sends back securities case vs Rappler board

The court held that there was “undue haste” in the filing of criminal charges in the court and the accused’s rights to due process... Read more

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In an interview with radio station dzMM, AÃ±o yesterday said it would be difficult or even impossible for Albayalde to perform his tasks considering the unresolved issues against him as well as the ongoing investigations of his alleged involvement in illegal drugs.

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PNP chief’s move lauded, but probe to continue

Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa (left) faces the media at Camp Crame yesterday as OIC of the Philippine National Police. Beside him is PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac.

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OIC Gamboa vows policy change at PNP

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4 hours ago - At least 56 people have been killed in Japan by Typhoon Hagibis, national broadcaster NHK says Monday, as rescuers work into the night searching for surviv...

7 hours ago - Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 159 remands, or sends back, the case of violations of the Securities and Regulation Code filed against Rappler and its executi...

8 hours ago - The Royal Australian Navy and Philippine Navy on Monday launch a weeklong combined maritime operation exercise in the Sulu seas, officials say. The R...

10 hours ago - Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde's going on "non-duty status" does not let him off the hook yet, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon stresses. &quo...

10 hours ago - The Department of Education reminds students that Christmas break this year will start on December 15 and end on January 6 next year.

10 hours ago - Tension between a local terror group and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has escalated after a video showing a terrorist executing an MILF member wounded in a...

11 hours ago - Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo explains his "be creative" comment to commuters which got backlash, saying that what he meant was that Filip...

12 hours ago - The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency identified the so-called Philippines International Development Agency as a bogus agency disguising itself as a leg...

14 hours ago - Urban planning expert Felino "Jun" Palafox Jr. says too much politics and lack of continuity and institutional memory are reasons behind the "cat...

15 hours ago - LRTA spokesperson Hernando Cabrera says the LRT-2 may resume full operations in two to three months instead of at least nine months as initially announced.

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The STAR Cover (October 14, 2019)

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DepEd: Christmas break starts December 15

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Sea turtles and eagles in Davao City? Wow!

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Earth, wind & fire

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Five sumptuous years for CDP!

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Why KZ cried not once, not twice but thrice

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