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Marcos allocates P150-M to rebuild fire-hit Batac public market

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday turned over P150 million to the city government of Batac, Ilocos Norte for the construction of a new public market, a month after a fire damaged the existing facility and disrupted the livelihoods of hundreds of vendors. Marcos visited the Batac Public Market to

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Temporary footbridge installed in place of damaged Ilocos Sur bridge

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The local government of Salced installed temporary steel footbridge near at the site of the damaged Balidbid Bridge to allow limited pedestrian access while repair and restoration work continues. In an advisory on Friday, Aug. 7, the Salcedo local government said the bridge remains closed to all vehicular traffic. Authorities

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One of 18 ‘maleta boys’ says P20M to P25M offered to recant statement

MANILA, Philippines — One of the 18 “maleta boys” who claimed to be former bodyguards of ex-Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co said on Friday that they were offered P20 to P25 million to recant their affidavit implicating several government officials, including President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, in the flood control

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Speaker Dy invites Filipinos to help craft laws as LegisHear reaches Mindanao

MANILA, Philippines – As the House of Representatives brings LegisHear to Mindanao, Speaker Faustino G. Dy III on Friday called on Filipinos from all sectors to actively participate in the legislative process, stressing that the country’s best laws are crafted not only by lawmakers but together with the people they serve. In a video message

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QCPD identifies driver of van that left ‘anti-China’ casket

MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has identified the driver of a van allegedly used to unload a casket bearing messages against the Chinese Communist Party at Welcome Rotonda on Friday morning. In a statement issued Friday night, the QCPD said it tracked down the driver and questioned the individual during a

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DENR enhancing rattan gene bank to support growing demand

MANILA, Philippines – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Juan Miguel “Mitch” Cuna on Friday announced that the DENR-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB) is strengthening the decades-old Rattan Gene Bank in Bukidnon to help secure a sustainable supply of quality planting materials for the country’s rattan industry. Cuna said the move comes

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