After receiving numerous complaints regarding graduation fees, the Department of Education (DepEd) has reiterated that the payment of such fees should not be mandatory and should not prevent a student from graduating.

“We assure parents of students in public elementary and high school...

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General Santos -based broadcaster and columnist Chito Abuzo was bludgeoned death inside the compound of DXGS radio station in the city late Saturday, according to Inquirer.net .

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Fifteen million Filipinos are expected to join this year’s Earth Hour on March 27. On that date, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m, households and establishments nationwide will turn off lights as an expression of support for Earth’s long-term survival. Around one billion people will turn... read more...

Seven suspected members of the insurgent Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed during an encounter with government troops on Laminusa Island in Siasi, Sulu predawn Sunday.

The soldiers were on their way to raid the lair of an ASG faction led by Abu Benhur aka Boy Tondo, when they clashed wit...

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Malacanang will have to wait until June before a special session of Congress may be convened. House Speaker Prospero Nograles ‘ruled out calling for a special session as most congressmen may not be able to attend,’ Inquirer online reported.

Palace deputy spokesperson Ricardo Salud...

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Ten persons were hurt, four of them seriously injured, after a wayward 10-wheeler truck plowed into a passenger jeepney and several other vehicles on Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City Thursday morning.

According to investigators, the incident happened at around 8:30 a.m. on a downhil...

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Out of depression and longing for his family, an inmate at the Manila City Jail shot himself to death inside a jail guard's quarters Monday afternoon.

The victim, 30-year-old Aldrin Bautista, took Jail Officer 1 John Ancheta's .38 caliber revolver and shot himself in the mouth, accord...

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