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WATCH: How Miss Universe, CordAid helped Yolanda-hit village build back better
MANILA, Philippines – Before she passed on her crown, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach visited a far-flung Tagbanua community on January 21 in Coron town in Palawan to see how they recovered from Super...
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Ubusan ng lahi: An open letter to President Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – Through a poem recited in a video, award-winning poet Joi Barrios called on President Rodrigo Duterte to continue the peace talks between the government and communist rebels....
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Surigao Sur mayor dismissed for P18-M 'ghost' pork project
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from service of Lingig, Surigao del Sur Mayor Roberto Luna Jr who faced administrative charges over the irregular purchase of...
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VIRAL: Lyceum alumna accuses former college dean of harassment
MANILA, Philippines – A Facebook post narrating a woman’s experience of being sexual harassed by a dean at the Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila (LPU) went viral on Sunday, February 6,...
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Ex-Rizal gov Ynares charged with graft for overpriced fertilizers
MANILA, Philippines – Former Rizal governor Casimiro Ynares Jr was charged with 4 counts of graft for the alleged overpricing of fertilizers purchased by the Rizal provincial government in 2004 and...
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Ex-Surigao del Norte gov Barbers charged over 2004 fertilizer fund scam
MANILA, Philippines – Former Surigao del Norte governor Robert Lyndon Barbers was charged with graft over a 2004 fertilizer fund scam.The Office of the Ombudsman filed the information before the...
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WATCH: Teaching urban poor kids the value of education
MANILA, Philippines – What is the value of education for children in urban poor communities?In 2010, Melissa Villa was introduced to the children of Ulingan in Tondo, Manila. She was so touched by the...
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#EarthquakePH: Cebu Pacific suspends flights to, from Surigao
MANILA, Philippines – Cebu Pacific announced that its flights to and from Surigao will be suspended beginning Saturday, February 11.This, after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)...
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#EarthquakePH: What to do during aftershocks
MANILA, Philippines – As of 4 pm on Saturday, February 11, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) had recorded at least 101 aftershocks following the magnitude 6.7 earthquake...
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Family of missing teacher seeks help
MANILA, Philippines – The family and friends of missing school teacher Paul Anthony Esguerra have asked the public for help through social media to track him down.According to his friends and...
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Over 500 houses damaged in Mindanao quake
MANILA, Philippines – “Extensive and widespread.”This was how Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Sadang of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Bong Grajo of the Emergency Response Integration Center (ERIC)...
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WATCH: Red alert: DSWD activates disaster response teams in Caraga
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau (DReAMB), is now on red alert status.This means...
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#SchoolPatrolPH: DepEd seeks info on quake-damaged schools
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) is calling on the public, particularly those living in areas affected by the February 10 earthquake, to report the condition of schools in...
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Kythe marks 25 years of helping kids with cancer
MANILA, Philippines – It's been almost 10 years but Rudy Labata still remembers that fateful day of October 15, 2007. That day, at 13 years old, he was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL),...
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WATCH: Phivolcs explains strong Surigao quake
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said aftershocks continue to rock Surigao City, two days after the strong earthquake that left at least 6 people...
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CA affirms ruling vs ex-PCGG chair for failing to remit money to gov't
MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals (CA) upheld the decision of the Ombudsman, which found former Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Camilo Sabio guilty of dishonesty and...
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Veteran bloggers push criteria for Malacañang accreditation
MANILA, Philippines – The recent decision of Malacañang to give bloggers access to President Rodrigo Duterte and allow them to cover presidential events within and outside the Palace has sparked an...
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#ReliefPH: Donate to provide water for quake-hit Surigao
MANILA, Philippines – Families in Surigao del Norte who were affected by the strong earthquake on Friday, February 10, badly need water.“The water system of Surigao City and neighboring municipalities...
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Farmer killed by gunmen in Capiz land dispute picket
MANILA, Philippines – On Monday, February 6, Orlando Eslana joined some 60 other farmers in occupying part of the 198-hectare Nemesio Tan Land Holding in Pilar, Capiz in protest. The camp-out was...
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#UPFair2017 Tuesday: Mabaya
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler's civic engagement arm, MovePH, and the University of the Philippines (UP) University Student Council partnered for a fun and equally engaging #NotOnMyWatch booth at this...
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