The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has completed the weight-testing of 48 Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) Dalian trains Wednesday morning. In a media briefing, DOTr Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan said the tests were just part of a bigger program before the trains are allowed to operate on a daily basis.
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Where are the 12,000 drug war deaths?
Malacañang hit back on Friday at the European Parliament for issuing a resolution urging the Philippines to stop its war on drugs, claiming it is marred by alleged extrajudicial killings and human rights violations.
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The National Youth Commission (NYC) on Friday issued a resolution urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
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The alleged leader of a robbery gang operating in the Zamboanga areas and one of his men were killed in a clash with authorities in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, the police said on Friday.
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President Duterte is expected to arrive on Saturday afternoon to keynote the 24th National Federation of Motorcycle Clubs of the Philippines (NFMCP) National Convention in Legazpi City.
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Thirty-one fishermen repatriated from Indonesia arrived here on Friday.
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President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to submit within 30 days an inventory of companies involved in “labor-only contracting.”
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National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) operatives have arrested five suspects and seized illegal drugs as well as high-powered firearms during a raid at a three-hectare fishpond in Hagonoy, Bulacan.
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What is the basis of your accusations? This was the question raised by newly-installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Dir. Gen. Oscar D. Albayalde to the European Parliament, who had accused the police of committing extra-judicial killings under the banner of the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign.
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BAGUIO CITY – A van bound for Quirino province fell into a steep ravine on Thursday night, leaving four people dead at Bokod town in Benguet province, police said.
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