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DAVAO CITY – Eighteen schools in Sarangani province sustained minor and major damage in the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that rocked Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 17. WORKERS dismantle the collapsed function hall of the Glan Padidu Central Elementary School on Saturday, November 18, a day after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit Glan, …

Senator Grace Poe said that kids in public daycare and development centers should have better access to the government’s free meals to ensure that their nutritional needs are met. Sen. Grace Poe seeks an update on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) feeding program, the implementation of the …

The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is investigating robbery incidents in Barangay Teacher’s Village East, Quezon City, the police public information office said on Saturday, Nov. 18. Screenshot from CCTV footage QCPD said the suspect is wearing a maroon shirt, short pants,with a white towel on his shoulder, a white …

President Marcos has denied allegations that the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act were relaxed to accommodate finance expert Rafael Consing Jr. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and Maharlika Investment Corporation President and CEO Rafael Consing Jr. (Consing/LinkedIn) Marcos said this following criticisms that …

President Marcos doesn’t want to get too sentimental about his return to Hawaii, which was home to the Marcos family after their exile from the Philippines in 1986, and instead simply wants to visit “old friends.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addresses the Philippine media after the 2023 APEC Leaders’ Meeting …

President Marcos believes he does not need to forgive anybody for what happened to his family in 1986 as he never blamed anybody for his father’s ouster that led to their exile to Hawaii. Bongbong Marcos/Instagram Marcos said this as he is set to return to Hawaii before his scheduled …

President Marcos said he would find other ways to meet American tech leader Elon Musk after their meeting did not push through due to the latter supposedly getting sick. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and SpaceX chairman and CEO Elon Musk (file photos) Marcos said this as he ended his …

Vice President Sara Duterte (sitting in front, rightmost) presides over a meeting of the Response Cluster of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) at the NDRRM Operations Center in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Nov. 18, 2023 in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that strikes …

President Bongbong Marcos met with China President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Summit in the US./PCO/ (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos said he and China President Xi Jinping both agreed that the present challenges in the West Philippine Sea should not define the two countries’ …

FIRM HANDSHAKES. President Marcos (right) swaps firm handshakes with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peru President Dina Boluarte (below left, with Speaker Martin Romualdez witnessing at right) in separate meetings on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco, which ended Friday (Saturday in Manila). Ver Noveno and MPC …