Romualdez is caretaker of Batangas 6th district
MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez has been designated as caretaker of the sixth district of Batangas, which was left vacant with the appointment of Ralph Recto as finance secretary.
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P27.2-M worth shabu seized in Zamboanga City entrapment operation
MANILA, Philippines — Plainclothes policemen seized P27.2 million worth of shabu from four alleged dealers entrapped in Zamboanga City on Wednesday afternoon.
2 brothers die in Cebu fire
MANILA, Philippines — Two brothers died when a fire struck their home in Barangay Poblacion in Sibonga, Cebu at past midnight on Tuesday.
P47.6-M worth shabu seized in Zamboanga City entrapment operation
MANILA, Philippines —The police seized P47.6 million worth of shabu from a dealer entrapped by non-uniformed anti-narcotics agents in Zamboanga City on Wednesday night.
Political party with 'economic goal' expands to Tawi-Tawi
COTABATO CITY — A political party founded in Lanao del Sur, also aiming to cohesively connect the agriculture sector and business organizations in the Bangsamoro region, has expanded to Tawi-Tawi to unite local farmers and fisherfolks for socio-economic ventures.
UP swimmer emerges as Philippine National Games’ first quintuple gold medalist
MANILA, Philippines – Quendy Fernandez of Puerto Princesa delivered a tsunami of a performance as she ruled the women’s 200-meter backstroke Wednesday to emerge the first quintuple gold medal winner in the Philippine National Games at the PhilSports swimming pool in Pasig.
7K families in Davao isolated due to collapsed bridge
A BRIDGE in Caraga town in Davao Oriental collapsed due flooding caused by tropical cyclone “Kabayan,” isolating some 7,000 families, a civil defense official said yesterday.
Hallasgo, Bautista blow away PNG rivals
MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian Games veterans Christine Hallasgo and Clinton Bautista cast their long, intimidating shadows in centerpiece athletics even as Baguio’s martial artists wreaked havoc in wushu in the Philippine National Games yesterday.