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LOOK | University in Butuan spearheads CDO relief drive on Christmas eve

Cagayan de Oro City - Student volunteers came together with faculty staff from Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) in Butuan City to spearhead a...
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Baguio gets hooked on the concept of growing a ‘creative economy’

BAGUIO CITY - Baguio City was recently included in the list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 64 Creative Cities from...

Mariel de Leon on working with Coco Martin and living a healthy lifestyle

The beauty queen-turned-actress is Coco's leading lady in the presumed MMFF blockbuster 'Ang Panday.'
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PDEA agents face heat running Duterte’s war on drugs

MANILA - Carrying firearms and search warrants, and prepared for fierce resistance, about 30 Philippine anti-drugs agents pour out of three vans in a...
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Journalist Rolando “Rolly” Espina, 84

Journalist Rolando “Rolly” Espina passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 28, 2017, surrounded by children and grandchildren in his home in Bacolod City. He was...
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MMFF 2017 ‘vindicates’ execs: gross earnings top P400M in 3 days: source

In just three days of screening, the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 (MMFF) has surpassed the P373.3-million gross earnings of last year's festival, officials said Thursday.
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Cebu Pacific issues peak season travel advisory

Cebu Pacific (CEB) and Cebgo remind all passengers during this crunch holiday season to allot ample time to get to the airport, check-in, go...
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‘Urduja’ damage in 5 regions placed at P2.1B

Damage caused by "Urduja" to agriculture and infrastructure in five regions has reached the P2.1 billion, National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Ricardo Jalad said.

BOI approves P490-M sugar plant in Negros Oriental

The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the P490 million sugar mill plant of HDJ Bayawan Agri-venture Corp. (HBAC), which qualified in the 2017 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) under the manufacturing activities agro-processing category.

Maynilad to help invest in Angat-Umiray transbasin tunnel rehab

In support of the government’s water security initiative, Maynilad is putting in P375 million for the P749-million project to rehabilitate one of the MWSS' common purpose facilities, the Angat-Umiray transbasin tunnel in General Nakar, Quezon Province.
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Faeldon’s appointment a defeat of justice
: LP senators

More senators have weighed in on the appointment of resigned Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to the Office of Civil Defense, with the Liberal Party members calling it "a defeat of justice."

Nonperforming loans of thrift banks climb at end-Oct.

Bad debts held by thrift banks picked up by nearly a tenth as of October, although slower than the growth in total loans extended during the period, latest central bank data showed.

REVIEW | ‘Ang Panday’ and the failure of the single saviour plot

It has the size and scope of a blockbuster, but Coco Martin's reboot of the Panday franchise fails to fulfil its ambitions.

Labor group urges DOLE to release report on BPO firm SSI, which lost 37...

A labor group has urged the Department of Labor and Employment to make public the labor inspection report it made on Survey Systems International before the December 23 fire that broke out at the NCCC Mall in Davao City, killing 37 employees of the data provider firm and a mall security officer.

Pulong, Mans Carpio file civil raps vs Trillanes as Mayor Sara says senator ‘mema...

Presidential son Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law, lawyer Manases Carpio, filed on Wednesday a civil case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for dragging them into the scandal over the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of crystal meth, or shabu, under the noses of the Bureau of Customs.