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Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:59:00 +0800
'Inday' intensifies further as it decelerates over sea near Taiwan
Typhoon Inday (international name: Muifa) continues to intensify on Sunday but is still “less likely to directly bring heavy rains in the country,” state weather bureau PAGASA said on Sunday.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Executive Secretary thanks Senate for swift probe on sugar import order
After he was cleared in the sugar importation mess by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez thanked members of the panel and assured them that their recommendations would be taken seriously.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
IRR for foundlings law signed
Filipinos’ quest for a law that will accord foundlings with rights and protection has reached a milestone with the signing of its implementing rules and regulations, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Senator seeks ample protection for state witnesses
Scam whistleblowers, like Jeffrey Dale Ignacio and Allison Chiong, should receive ample protection and assistance from the government to help ensure justice is served fully and those accountable punished, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said yesterday.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
SC: Unpopularity not basis to declare candidate a nuisance
The Supreme Court lectured the Commission on Elections that the electoral process is not a popularity contest, as it took the side of a senatorial aspirant who was declared a nuisance candidate by the poll body for being unpopular in the May 2022 pol...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
OSG to ICC: Let us handle drug war deaths
The Philippine government wants the International Criminal Court to back off and let the country handle alleged cases of extrajudicial killings attributed to former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
DSWD reviews 4Ps beneficiary list
The Department of Social Welfare and Development is still reviewing the list of 1.3 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program who may be removed from the program.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
4 rice traders convicted for agricultural smuggling
Four rice traders were found guilty of agricultural smuggling just as the government moves to address one of the persistent problems in the sector.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Poe wants Senate to investigate spate of abductions
An increase in the number of kidnapping cases in the country has prompted Sen. Grace Poe to ask the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs to look further into the issue.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Typhoon Inday, monsoon to bring more rain
Typhoon Inday and the southwest monsoon will bring rains over many parts of Luzon today, as the tropical cyclone is expected to further intensify while inside the Philippine area of responsibility.



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