Philippines ready to help Filipinos in Congo, hit by Ebola outbreak

January 4, 2019

The Philippine government is prepared to help nearly 150 Filipinos in Congo as an Ebola outbreak killed 360 people in the second worst epidemic to hit Africa in recent years The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi, which has jurisdiction over the

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Five killed as tricycle, car collide in Batangas: police

January 4, 2019

Five  people, including a member of the Philippine Navy and a Sangguniang Kabataan councilor, died while 12 were injured in a vehicular accident in San Juan, Batangas Friday morning, police said. According to a spot report by the San Juan

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Duterte hopes plebiscite on BOL will be successful

January 4, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte hopes people in Mindanao will vote in a plebiscite to support the Bangsamoro Organic Law.   “I hope and I pray that something good will come out of the BOL. Though the plebiscite is forthcoming, we have

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Palace to continue watching prices despite inflation decline

January 4, 2019

Malacanang on Friday said they will continue to monitor prices of basic goods and commodities even after the inflation rate continues to ease. “This is positive news given that the aforementioned figure is the lowest since June 2018, which had

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No mobile phone signals in areas where Black Nazarene will pass: NCRPO

January 4, 2019

There will be no mobile phone signals in the areas where the procession will pass during the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9, according to National Capital Region Director General Guillermo Eleazrar. At a press conference Friday, Eleazar

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Former Maguindanao mayor, brother killed in anti-drug operations

January 4, 2019

A former mayor accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of being linked to drug trafficking, and his brother were killed in separate police operations Friday in Cotabato. Talib Abo Sr., former mayor of Parang town in Maguindanao, died in a firefight

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Manufacturing output grows for 11th straight month: NEDA

January 4, 2019

Manufacturing output sustained its growth and marked its eleventh consecutive month in positive territory in November 2018, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Friday. The Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) of the Philippine Statistics Authority  reported

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DOLE resumes issuing employment permit to foreigners seeking work in Boracay

January 4, 2019

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will start allowing foreign nationals to work again in Boracay. Labor Advisory No. 01-2019 said Friday the DOLE has lifted the temporary suspension on the issuance of the alien employment permits to foreign

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