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‘Access to justice is most important pillar of SC’s 5-year strategic plan’
Access to justice is the “most important pillar” of the Supreme Court’s five-year Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations (SPJI), Senior...
Sulu sultan’s heirs to go after $15B deal on Sabah
The descendants of the Sultan of Sulu will continue enforcing a $15-billion French arbitral award against Malaysia over a centuries-old...
Stop sending Pinoy workers to Kuwait—Tulfo
Sen. Raffy Tulfo yesterday proposed a total deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait following the murder of...
Minority solon explains talk with ‘Vinny’
4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan on Sunday clarified he met with the youngest son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vinny,...
Authorities say possible wreckage of missing Cessna spotted
Authorities said an object that could be part of the wreckage from a missing Cessna plane was spotted near Barangay...
‘PBBM should pick apolitical DSWD chief’
4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan on Sunday appealed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to pick an “apolitical” Department of Social...
Bato says celebrities can be ROTC instructors
Celebrity reservists can serve as instructors of the Reserve Officers’ Training Course (ROTC) to augment the lack of personnel. Their...
NCR COVID positivity rate up slightly to 2.4%
The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly increased to 2.4 percent on Friday, independent monitoring OCTA...
Gatchalian wants zero
illiteracy in schools
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for a proposed measure that will mobilize local government units (LGUs) to achieve zero illiteracy....
PBBM eyes BOC, BIR digitalization
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is eyeing to digitize government transactions at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and other revenue collecting...
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