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Siargao immigration crackdown targets illegal foreign workers, businesses

SURIGAO CITY (July 3) — A coordinated immigration crackdown on Siargao Island has signaled a tougher government stance against foreigners violating Philippine immigration laws, as authorities moved to curb...

Northern Mindanao races to prepare as El Niño threat looms

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (July 3) — With forecasters warning of a high likelihood of El Niño returning...

Gridlock, backlash greet INC protest as critics question show of force

MANILA (July 3) — Gridlock and a wave of online backlash greeted the Iglesia ni Cristo's (INC) pre-dawn...

CSC clears way for DepEd to hire 10,000 school counselor associates

MANILA (July 3) — The government is poised to deploy 10,000 additional mental health workers to public schools...

Snakebite cases surge in Davao, doctors warn against dangerous first-aid myths

DAVAO CITY (July 3) — A sharp rise in snakebite cases in the Davao Region is exposing a...
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Teen pregnancy spike prompts urgent calls for stronger SRH policies, public investment

MANILA (October 14) — Advocates are pressing government leaders to scale up investments in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as adolescent pregnancies rise...

Big agri push: Basilan launches ‘Magtanah’ to back farmers, secure food

BASILAN (October 14)  — Governor Mujiv Hataman on Monday launched “Magtanah” — short for Magtanim Para May Hanapbuhay — a new provincial program designed...

Suspect in murder of Maguindanao Sur tribal leader nabbed

COTABATO CITY (October 13) — Security forces have arrested one of the suspects in the brutal killing of an Indigenous Peoples (IP) leader in...

Relief ops ramped up as strong quakes rock Mindanao

BUTUAN CITY (October 13) — Government relief operations have been intensified across large parts of Mindanao as communities recover from successive strong earthquakes, including...

Drone weed control matches traditional spraying in rice farms — PhilRice

MANILA (October 13) — Drones are proving to be just as effective as traditional backpack sprayers in controlling weeds in wet-seeded rice fields, according...

DA eyes 84% rice self-sufficiency by 2026, 90% by 2028

MANILA (October 13) — The Philippines aims to produce enough rice to meet 84 percent of its domestic demand by the end of 2026,...
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