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House ratifies bill on higher ‘sin’ taxes

MANILA— The House of Representatives on Wednesday night ratified the bicameral conference committee report on a bill seeking to raise …

Golden Rice gets biosafety approval as food, feed

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry has granted a biosafety permit for the direct use of the …

Proposed mandatory ROTC not prelude to PH militarization: AFP

MANILA – Philippine security officials dismissed on Wednesday that the proposal to make Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) compulsory for senior …

PSG ready to protect Duterte amid alleged NPA hit list

MANILA — Amid reports that a communist group has placed President Rodrigo Duterte on its hit list, the Presidential Security Group …

New round of pay hike for gov’t workers gets final House nod

MANILA — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to increase the …

New dep’t for fisheries, aquatic resources pushed

OFW rights group backs cut in workers’ deployment to Saudi

MANILA — A group advocating for the welfare of Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on Wednesday expressed support for the decision of …

ABS-CBN has other media platforms other than TV, radio

MANILA – Local media giant ABS-CBN Corporation can still run its other media platforms, in the event that it fails to …

PCGG welcomes Senate probe on dismissal of cases

DAVAO CITY – The Presidential Commission on Good Government said on Wednesday that most of the cases filed against the Marcoses …

US House braces for ‘long day’ to vote on Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday asked fellow Democratic representatives to join her on Wednesday morning to vote …