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MANILA, Philippines — A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director Teresito Bacolcol said, expecting damage to infrastructure.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the opening of the Office of the President (OP) Family Day on Saturday at the Malacañang grounds, as he expressed his gratitude to OP employees for their hard work and service to the people and country.
To bolster employment opportunities in the National Capital Region and surrounding areas, Malacanang has issued an administrative order amending the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 of AO No. 18 series of 2019, granting a second chance for applicants for economic zones within Metro Manila.
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Saturday said they are working with other government agencies to help inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in their transformation by providing them skills they could use after they are released and to prevent them from becoming recidivists.
MANILA, Philippines — One person was killed after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook parts of Mindanao late Saturday, the country’s defense chief said.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Up to 11 members of the Dawlah Islamiya were killed in a more than two-hour running gunfight in the hinterland barangay of Tuayan in Datu Hofer, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday afternoon.
MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos has tasked local chief executives to organize their own AIDS councils and coordinating bodies to take the lead in providing interventions on the life-threatening disease on the grassroots level.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — France and the Philippines are considering a defense pact that would allow them to send military forces to each other’s territory for joint exercises, the Philippine defense chief said Saturday after holding talks with his French counterpart.