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DFA expects more than 2,000 Filipinos out of Libya by weekend

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it hopes to get more than 2,000 Filipino workers out of troubled Libya by the end of the...

DILG orders PNP to deploy 900 recruits in NCR’s crime-prone areas

MANILA — To intensify the peace-and-order situation in the crime prone areas in Metro Manila, Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II on Thursday announced...

Impeachment complaint vs PNoy referred to House Committee on Justice on Monday — Gonzales

MANILA — A senior leader of the House of Representatives said on Thursday the three impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno S. Aquino III will be...

Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Three and a half decades after the fall of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, a U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of...

‘Sokol’ crashes after being battered by strong winds

MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that one of the two Air Force W-3A “Sokol” combat utility helicopters crashed upon its take-off...

‘Iselle’ to give Hawaii first hurricane in 22 years

HONOLULU — Iselle was supposed to weaken as it slowly trudged west across the Pacific. It didn’t – and now Hawaii is poised to take its...

Americans try Canadian snacks

Enrile asks SC to stop Sandiganbayan from hearing his plunder case

MANILA — Detained Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Sandiganbayan from hearing his plunder case in connection with the...

No Ebola cases spotted in China: official

BEIJING — The Chinese health authority has confirmed no Ebola cases have been reported in China so far. Song Shuli, spokeswoman of China’s National Health and Family...

Health workers’ assembly highlights opportunities in medicinal plants

LUCENA CITY –- An estimated 7,000 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) from various towns of this province attended the annual Barangay Health Workers’ Convention yesterday, August 6,...