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This combination photo shows former President Rodrigo Duterte and his successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

DOJ to brief Marcos on ICC arrest options

By Daphne Galvez

he Department of Justice is preparing a brief on the legal options available to President Marcos on the arrest warrants that the International Criminal Court may issue.

President Marcos witnesses the signing of an alliance between Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and Lakas-CMD at the Manila Polo Club in Makati yesterday. The signatories are (from left) House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, Lakas-CMD executive vice president; Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., Lakas-CMD chairman; Speaker Martin Romualdez, Lakas-CMD president; South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., PFP president; PFP executive vice president Antonio Lagdameo Jr. and House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, PFP vice chairman.

Marcos Jr’s Partido Federal unites with Lakas-CMD

By Helen Flores

Handout photo shows an â��enemy shipâ�� being hit by a missile from Philippine and US military forces during the Balikatan Exercises in Laoag, Ilocos Norte yesterday.

Pinoys back ‘dual approach’ in WPS

By Janvic Mateo

DOJ, CHR probe ‘degrading, traumatic’ strip searches at Bilibid

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‘Atin Ito’ coalition to hold another civilian mission to WPS

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Heart Evangelista reacts to Pia Wurtzbach awarded Global Fashion Influencer instead of her

Heart Evangelista reacts to Pia Wurtzbach awarded Global Fashion Influencer instead of her

By Deni Rose M. Afinidad-Bernardo | 1 day ago

It can be recalled that Pia and Heart are rumored to be on a professional rivalry, following Heart's falling off with her...

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Miss Universe Philippines 2024 names Top 5 interview challenge winners

Miss Universe Philippines 2024 names Top 5 interview challenge winners

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte | 1 day ago

Today, May 7, the Miss Universe Philippines Organization announced the Top 5 winners in the Up Close & Personal interview...

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Heart Evangelista fulfills dream to star in Victoria's Secret-like underwear show

Heart Evangelista fulfills dream to star in Victoria's Secret-like underwear show

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Becoming a Victoria's Secret model was among the dreams of actress Heart Evangelista, a yearning that was somewhat fulfilled...

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New BGC resto-bar gives strong ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ vibes

New BGC resto-bar gives strong ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ vibes

By Deni Rose M. Afinidad-Bernardo | 7 hours ago

Can’t get enough of “Can’t Buy Me Love”?

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House leaders: Senate ‘losing integrity’ over PDEA leaks probe

House leaders: Senate ‘losing integrity’ over PDEA leaks probe

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House leaders warned the Senate on Wednesday that it is “losing its integrity” by continuing to investigate an...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), which supervises the BuCor, has ordered an investigation into the allegations of â��abusiveâ�� strip searches by prison guards.

7 BuCor officers axed over NBP strip searches

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Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan said Delfin Dolatre was arrested in Barangay Del Monte at around 2:30 p.m.

Man wanted for 72 child abuse, sex raps falls

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DENR Undersecretary Carlos David called on residents to check their water meter when nobody is using water to determine if there are leaks in the pipes.

DENR airs concern over water leaks in houses, buildings

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This photo shows a picture of the building of the Bureau of Customs.

BOC seizes P56 million shabu from Thailand

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DMW: 100 caregiver slots in South Korea open today

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Ombudsman suspends Cebu City mayor Rama

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The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said the bettor guessed the winning numbers 40-18-07-06-24-27, which had a total jackpot of P51,964,353.60.

Bataan lotto player wins P51.9 million jackpot

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M/Sgts. Aladdin Ramalan and Shariff Balading had traces of gunpowder on their hands, PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said, citing paraffin test results.

Cops tagged in PNP exec’s slay positive for gunpowder

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Maj. Luis de Luna Jr., former Alitagtag police chief, was reassigned to protect him from drug syndicates involved in smuggling large quantities of shabu into the country, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil.

Cop chief in P9.6 billion drug haul transferred

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DPWH completes P314.68 million road, flood control projects

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Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.

Quiboloy camp surrenders 5 guns

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Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro on March 13, 2024.

Expel Chinese embassy execs over phone wiretap – Gibo

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Multiple labor unions and other associations stage a rally across Metro Manila on May 1, 2024

DOLE warns Congress on legislated wage hike

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In a 39-page decision, the SC noted that red-tagging has been acknowledged by international organizations as a form of harassment and intimidation.

SC: Red-tagging threat to life, liberty, security

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Students use umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun as they line up to wait for their classes outside their school in Manila on April 2, 2024. More than a hundred schools in the Philippine capital shut their classrooms on April 2, as the tropical heat hit "danger" levels, education officials said.

DepEd to shorten next school year by 15 days

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Bill seeks to protect frontliners, patients from discrimination A medical worker sprays disinfectant on a resident before taking an x-ray and an oropharyngeal swab during a mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a park in Quezon City, suburban Manila on April 15, 2020.

Marcos touts release of COVID-19 frontliners’ emergency allowance

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The new palay production target is about two percent lower than DAâ��s earlier target, which was 20.8 million MT, according to Agriculture spokesman Arnel de Mesa.

DA slashes palay output target to 20.4 million tons

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PAGASA monitoring first possible tropical cyclone this year

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Bell-Kenz Pharma Inc. chief executive officer Luis Raymond Go answers questions from senators during a hearing of the committee on health.

Pharma firm Bell-Kenz to file charges vs accusers

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Sen. Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa in the Senate on this photo uploaded on his official Facebook fanpage.

Bato: I’m no destabilizer, not persecuting Marcos Jr.

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Windfall benefits from the trilateral summit

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On one edge of this bustling harbor in the heart of the Pacific,...

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Why do many Filipinos still sleep on street pavements?

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