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Day: March 19, 2023

Female cops as desk officers draw mixed reactions

Confining female cops as desk officers, a move recently initiated by the National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) aimed to resolve underreporting and under-recording of gender-based violence-related incidents, has drawn mixed reactions from wom…

House panel vows to unmask onion cartel leaders

The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will resume on Tuesday its inquiry into the alleged hoarding of agriculture products, seen to have induced the skyrocketing of prices of onion and other farm products, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said in …

Voters approve creation of 2 new barangays in Marawi

Marawi City, capital of Lanao del Sur in Mindanao, has now two new barangays (villages) following twin plebiscites on Saturday.
Based on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) data, a total of 1,421 registered voters from mother barangays Datu Dalidigan…

DILG chief: Use barangay assembly to push BIDA anti-drugs program

Officials of the country’s 42,046 villages must utilize assemblies to garner support for the government’s anti-drug campaign, according to Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Sunday.
Abalos was referr…

Cebuanos rule National Aquathlon Open

Cebu’s pride Karen Andrea Manayon and Matthew Justine Hermosa were crowned elite champions in the National Aquathlon Open and Super Tri Kids Championships at the Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub here Sunday.
Manayon, who hails from the town of Talisay, finish…

Number of working Koreans aged 60 and above hit 5.7M in Feb

The number of working South Koreans aged 60 and above has more than doubled in the past 10 years due to higher living costs amid a global economic slowdown, government data showed Sunday.
Records from Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) sho…

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