Have passion and use arts to stop violence, urge two Philippine theater icons

Two icons in Philippine theater were honored at the yearly Gawad Buhay Awards staged on May 10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines...
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BEHEST LOANS | Alvarez eyes ‘privileged’ DBP loan borrowers

MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has asked the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to find out the status of loans and the...
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‘WAVE OF DECEPTION’ | Liberal Party condemns spread of fake news

The Liberal Party has condemned a recent spate of fake news, describing it as a "wave of deception" riding on the popularity of social...

Japeth Aguilar torches Thailand as Gilas Pilipinas remains perfect in #SEABA2017

Japeth Aguilar sizzled for 23 points as his near-perfect game sparked the Philippine national men's basketball team to a 108-53 shellacking of Thailand in...
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CRACK IN SOLID NORTH? | Marcos-Fariñas tug of turf beguiles House

Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, News5-InterAksyon MANILA, Philippines - At the House of Representatives, lawmakers cannot help taking note of the simmering ties between Majority Floor Leader...

LEILA FOR MOCHA | Duterte’s staunch supporter finds unlikely ally in President’s archcritic

Sen. Leila de Lima excluded herself from the throng of Mocha Unson’s bashers and gave her good wishes days after the singer-dancer-turned-blogger was appointed assistant secretary for social media.
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House OKs bicam report extending PH passport validity to 10 years

The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral report extending the validity of Philippine passports to 10 years from the present five years.

Senate probers zero in on lack of road barrier in N. Ecija bus accident

Senators looking into a fatal road crash in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday scolded the district engineer on learning that apparent neglect was a factor in the April 18 accident that killed 30 passengers of a bus that plunged into a ravine.

PH gov’t braces for calamity-prone lean months, decides to beef up rice stock via...

To brace for the calamity-prone lean months of July to September, the Philippine government has decided to beef up the country's rice buffer stock through importation.
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Bid to smuggle out handguns foiled at NAIA cargo warehouse

Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials at Ninoy Aquino International Airport disclosed on Tuesday that they have foiled an attempt to smuggle out two handguns...
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CHACHA | Alvarez: House to get charter change going in 2018

MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Tuesday that, while he would wait for Malacañang’s action on the matter of introducing revisions to...

WATCH | Meralco readies refund of P6.9B starting June

Meralco has laid down the mechanics for refunding P6.9 billion to its customers starting this June. This, after the company received the formal order from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to return to customers an average 75 centavos per kilowatthour every month until August.

Personal remittances up 8.1% for Q1 2018

Personal remittances from Overseas Filipinos (OFs) grew by 11.8 percent year-on-year, reaching a new record high of US$2.9 billion in March 2017. This brought the total remittances for the first quarter of 2017 to US$7.7 billion, higher by 8.1 percent than the level posted in the same period a year ago, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said.

PH first quarter GDP growth to stay solid on exports, consumption: Reuters poll

The Philippine economy is expected to have maintained a robust pace of growth in the first quarter, bolstered by resilient exports and strong consumer spending and investment activity.

WALANG PAGBABAGO | From congresswoman to VP, Leni’s wealth of over P8M neither grew...

In the last four years, Robredo’s wealth only grew 7 percent to a little more than P585,000. At the end of 2016, she declared a net worth of almost P8.878 million, which was slightly higher than her net worth of P8.292 million in 2013.