As the Christmas season approached, government agencies publicly pledged that essential food prices would be kept in check to ease household budgets.

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The Police Regional Office in Eastern Visayas (PRO-8) has ordered an investigation into allegations that several police officers were caught drinking liquor while on duty inside a police facility in Eastern Samar, following the circulation of images on social media.

PRO-8 probes cops’ drinking spree in Eastern Samar

In a display of creativity and resilience, the holiday season at the Northern Samar Provincial Jail (NSPJ) in Dancalan, Bobon, took on new meaning this year with the lighting of a towering 30-foot Christmas tree, handcrafted by the inmates themselves. 

Hope glows as inmates light up 30-foot Christmas tree

A police officer assigned to the Palompon Municipal Police Station has tested positive for shabu in a recent drug test as confirmed by the authorities last December 16.

Palompon cop tests positive for shabu

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For decades, Santa Rosa City has led the way in the transformation of Laguna from a predominantly-agricultural province to one of the largest industrial hubs outside Metro Manila.

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Controversial psychic Madam Suzette Arandela is not a bearer of bad news, just a counsellor.


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When the Aliw Awards of the Aliw Foundation (founded and organized by Alice Reyes) announced that Zsa Zsa Padilla would receive one of the Life Achievement awards, the Divine Diva was enthusiastic and honored to show up at the award ceremonies only to be humiliated.

Zsa Zsa Padilla returns her Life Achievement Award trophy to Aliw Awards

As part of honoring the contributions of the Filipino worker last Labor Day, May 1, the Social Security System (SSS) said it has rolled out enhanced and expanded programs for its members.

Enhanced programs for SSS members

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Ambassador Jing Quan, a career diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, has just started his tour of duty in the Philippines, and it is fitting that we welcome him with the same warmth and enthusiasm previously given to his predecessor, Ambassador Huang Xilian.

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Since the time of sleepy Joe Biden (that’s how Trump calls his predecessor) and even during the first Trump administration, US officials were so used to promising “ironclad” support for the Philippines, especially in case of conflict in both sides of the Indo-Pacific, as mandated by our Mutual Defense Treaty, circa 1951.

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