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DepEd Antique needs P2.5-B to meet classroom shortage

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique needs around PHP2.5 billion to address its shortage of 986 classrooms.

DepEd engineer Rex Galero said in an interview Tuesday they are urging local and national g…

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Comelec OKs preliminary probe on Guo poll fraud case

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday approved the recommendation of its fact-finding investigation team to file criminal charges against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo for committing material misrepresentation in her certificate of…

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Community support crucial in Caraga insurgency fight

BUTUAN: Over the past two years, police units under the Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) have arrested 280 leaders and members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA).

PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro said intensified oper…

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P46.8-M PAFFF aid reach 4.6K Butuan farmers, fishers

BUTUAN: The three-day distribution of financial aid to farmers and fishers in this city, whose sources of livelihoods were affected by the dry spell caused by the El NiƱo phenomenon, started Tuesday under the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisher…