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Paulo Avelino goes viral as elevator operator for a day

Paulo Avelino goes viral as elevator operator for a day

By Jan Milo Severo | 12 hours ago
Kapamilya actor Paulo Avelino surprised mallgoers as he posed as an elevator assistant in a mall recently.
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Marlon Stockinger spotted with new girlfriend; ex Pia Wurtzbach marks 1st wedding anniversary with Jeremy Jauncey

Marlon Stockinger spotted with new girlfriend; ex Pia Wurtzbach marks 1st wedding anniversary with Jeremy Jauncey

By Deni Rose M. Afinidad-Bernardo | 1 day ago
Racecar driver Marlon Stockinger is seen more and more with girlfriend Dani Camcam at public events.
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Walang Pasok: Class suspensions for April 23 due to threat of scorching heat

Walang Pasok: Class suspensions for April 23 due to threat of scorching heat

By Ian Laqui | 16 hours ago
The announcements from LGUs followed after state weather bureau Pagasa released its latest heat index bulletin which said...
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EDSA-Kamuning flyover to be closed for repairs

EDSA-Kamuning flyover to be closed for repairs

By Ghio Ong | 1 day ago
The EDSA-Kamuning flyover will be closed for repairs starting May 1, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)...
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Motorcycles may get exclusive lane on EDSA

Motorcycles may get exclusive lane on EDSA

By Elijah Felice Rosales | 2 days ago
The Department of Transportation is studying establishing an exclusive motorcycle lane along EDSA to mitigate the traffic...
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The NGCP raised the alert levels on the two grids as their power supplies were observed to be thin in relation to the consumers� total demand.

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New police officers from the National Capital Region Police Office.

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Landsbergis� meeting with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo will focus on enhancing cooperation in trade and investments, clean energy, science and technology including health and laser technology and people-to-people links, the DFA noted.

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Snator Bong Go said he is grateful to PDP chairman and former president Rodrigo Duterte as well as to his party-mates for backing his bid for re-election in 2025. Go got the third highest number of votes in the 2019 senatorial elections.

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Facade of the House of Representatives at the Batasan Complex in Quezon City.

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Transport group PISTON alongside jeepney drivers and operators announces a three-day strike from November 20-23, 2023 at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, Nov. 15, 2023/

Jeepney drivers, operators prod SC on TRO vs PUVMP

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Jeepney drivers, operators prod SC on TRO vs PUVMP Dapnhen MANILA, Philippines � Jeepney drivers and operators yesterday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to act on their petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the government�s public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) ahead of the April 30 franchise consolidation deadline. Transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) held a protest rally in front of the SC along Padre Faura street in Manila. �Let�s not wait for more PUV operators to be deep in debt due to consolidation and other inhumane schemes under the PUVMP,� Piston deputy secretary general Ruben Baylon said. �As the deadline draws near, it adds more worry to poor drivers and operators.� President Marcos earlier declared that the franchise consolidation deadline would no longer be extended. Jeepney units left unconsolidated into cooperatives and corporations starting May would be considered colorum and banned from plying their routes. The PUVMP, which dates back to 2017, seeks to modernize the public transportation sector and replace jeepneys 15 years old and older, which are deemed not roadworthy by the standards of the Land Transportation Office. PISTON filed a petition for a TRO before the SC in December 2023. The high court has yet to issue a decision. Charged Meanwhile, police have filed criminal charges against Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena and other members of the group for holding a two-day transport strike in Quezon City. Complaints for violation of Batas Pambansa 880 or the Public Safety Act, alarm and scandal, resistance and disobedience as well as direct assault upon a person in authority were filed against Valbuena before the city prosecutor�s office. Quezon City Police District director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan said also included in the complaint were Manibela president Regie Manlapig and members Jasmine Denition and Pacifico Martin Jr. Maranan said they filed the cases after Valbuena�s group organized a protest rally in Quezon City on April 15 and 16 against the PUVMP. The rally caused grave public inconvenience and disturbance as the transport group mobilized around 70 public utility jeepneys and 600 demonstrators who obstructed Commonwealth Avenue, East Avenue and Quezon Avenue. Maranan said Manibela did not secure a permit from the city government, violating the law for public assembly.

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9 Pinoy inventions bag medals at Geneva expo

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Pertussis cases still rising in Philippines– DOH

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AFP vets commemorate Battle of Yuldong in Korea

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Farmer Ricaredo Basultin salvages from a dried water pond, edible plant locally known as "kangkong" good for human and animal 18 April before it is totally destroyed by drought in the outskirts of this southern city, General Santos.

Marcos promises aid to El Niño-hit areas

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Based on the US State Department�s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, significant human rights issues were reported in the past year, including credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings, enforced disappearance, torture, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions and arbitrary detention.

No significant change in Philippines HR situation – US

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Members of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Traffic and Parking Management Office (TPMO) carry bottled water while on duty in Alabang-Zapote Road on April 3, 2024

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This file photo shows the building of the Commission on Higher Education.

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Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on agriculture, clarified that the President�s Administrative Order 20, directing the Department of Agriculture (DA) to address existing challenges and remove non-tariff barriers, would not take away the tariff, thus the government would still be able to collect taxes.

Villar supports Marcos Jr’s easing of agriculture importation

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This file photo shows the Court of Appeals in Manila.

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