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Bar exams in VisMin?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Conducting the bar examinations outside Luzon may improve the passing rate of the takers, lawmakers said. Some examinees who travel...

Climate change real – PNoy

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Filipinos have already started to feel the effects of global warming. What should we do to reduce our vulnerability...

Gov’t to raise teachers’ pay if…

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Secretary Armin Luistro of the Department of Education (DepEd) said they are looking into increasing the salaries of teachers...

China not ceding an inch of territory – general

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA - China “will not give an inch” with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian countries, including the...

Can’t afford private school? Go public, students told

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – If one cannot afford tuition fees in private schools, state universities and colleges are alternatives. Presidential Communications Operations Secretary...

Australia pledges $143-M assistance

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Australia will provide an estimated P5.7 billion (A$143 million) in official development assistance to the Philippines this year until...

Loren denies hand in pork barrel scam Escudero, Angara, Pimentel wash hands, too

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Sen. Loren Legarda denied her involvement in the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima...

Minor illegal Chinese fishers released

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The two minors who were among the 11 Chinese fishermen apprehended at the Hasa-Hasa Shoal were released...

Miriam protests inclusion in ‘pork’ list

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago dismissed as “falsified” and “fictitious” the list of solons, prepared by whistleblower Benhur Luy,...

OFWs fret over defective e-passports

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East have expressed concern over the issuance of an estimated...