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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:39:15
Safety model: Angara inspects zero-incident school in Manila
MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara got firsthand insight into how a large urban campus can maintain a zero-incident safety record on Wednesday as he inspected the Lakan Dula High School in Tondo, Manila. The inspection is part of the Department of Education's (DepEd) ongoing school audits to enhance safety measures across all schools
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:46:04
Cops seize P2.2-M meth in CDO drug sting
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Police seized an estimated P2.24 million worth of suspected crystal meth, locally known as shabu, from a "high-value" suspect during an afternoon buy-bust operation in Barangay Indahag here on Wednesday. Joint operatives from the City Drug Enforcement Unit and the City Mobile Force Company arrested the 34-year-old suspect, identified by
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:52:53
Bernardo on testimony vs Estrada: 'Ang hirap ipahamak ng kaibigan'
MANILA, Philippines — State witness and former Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo on Wednesday called Sen. Jinggoy Estrada a "friend." He uttered this description when he testified during the senators bail hearing for a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division. Bernardo made this remark as Estrada attended for the first time his
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:54:07
CJ candidate Caguioa pitches high-performance court initiative
MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, a chief justice aspirant, proposed a high-performance court (HPC) initiative to improve trial court operations through data-driven management rather than numerical comparisons among judges. The position never makes the man. The man justifies the position, Caguioa told members of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:06:23
Mans Carpio's spox to Philip Lustre: Don't play the victim
MANILA, Philippines — The spokesman of Atty. Manases Mans Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, told journalist Philip Lustre not to play the victim, saying he would not be facing a cyberlibel case if he had not made "malicious" and "baseless" remarks against the Duterte family. "If he hadn't posted something malicious and baseless,
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:12:47
INQToday: Don't panic, says Marcos as peso hits record low
MANILA, Philippines — Here are the top stories in INQToday on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, as of 6 p.m. Marcos urges public not to panic as peso hits record low President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged the public on Wednesday not to panic over the Philippine peso's continued slide to a record low of 64 to
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:16:52
De Lima filing bill to decriminalize libel: Laws must not be weaponized
MANILA, Philippines— Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said on Wednesday that she and other lawmakers are set to file a bill that will decriminalize libel, to prevent the use of such laws to attack journalists and stifle press freedom. In a statement on Wednesday, de Lima said they support the call to decriminalize
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:07:41
Farmers group seeks dismissal of cyber libel case vs ex-DA chief
MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the dismissal of the cyber libel suit filed against former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor over his statements questioning Planters Products Inc.'s (PPI) rice imports. "We call for the dismissal of this cyber libel suit, and for protection of advocates who defend farmers. Let us debate
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:31:53
Ombudsman fines Cebu City mayor over night market operations
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered Cebu City Mayor Nestor Dionson Archival Sr. to pay a fine equivalent to one month's basic salary after finding him administratively liable for simple neglect of duty over lapses in the operation of the 2025 Colon Street Night Market. The Ombudsman on Wednesday said
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:47:24
Consumers group backs call to penalize power firms over Visayas outages
BACOLOD CITY — The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (Access) has backed Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian's call for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to penalize power firms responsible for recurring and prolonged outages across the Visayas Grid. Access President Wennie Sancho said on Wednesday that
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:51:54
PCSO lotto results Oct. 28: ₱312.1M jackpot not won
MANILA, Philippines No bettor won the ₱312.1 million Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot or the ₱15 million Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) draws on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. The Grand Lotto 6/55 draw produced the winning combination 36-21-16-26-49-13, with a jackpot prize of ₱312.1 million. No ticket matched all
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:15:13
More Filipinos favor VP's defense team in Senate trial – survey
MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos were satisfied with Vice President Sara Duterte's defense team than the House prosecution during her Senate impeachment trial, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said on Wednesday. The survey was fielded among 1,500 Filipino adults, aged 18 and above, nationwide using face-to-face interviews. It found that 47 percent
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:56:27
Pre-shaded ballots found beyond Maluso in BARMM polls – watchdog
MANILA, Philippines — Pre-shaded ballots were observed in three precincts outside the high-profile incident in Maluso, Basilan, during the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), an election watchdog said on Wednesday. The findings suggest that the ballot irregularities were not confined to Maluso, where more than 16,000 ballots were
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@newsinfo Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:57:00
NMP invests P261M to upgrade seafarer training facilities in Tacloban
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Filipino seafarers training in Eastern Visayas are expected to benefit from improved accommodation and upgraded safety training facilities as the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) rolls out P261 million worth of infrastructure projects at its Tacloban complex. The projects, unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 27, form part of the government agency's modernization
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:14:55
SC Associate Justice Zalameda receives UE's honorary degree
MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Rodil Vaquilar Zalameda received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the East (UE) in Manila on Tuesday. According to the UE, Zalameda—who was also recognized twice before as one of the university's outstanding alumni—is the 36th person the university has awarded the honorary
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:36:08
Authorities seize P2.2M in contraband cigarettes in Sultan Kudarat town
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Police authorities in Sultan Kudarat province seized a haul of suspected smuggled cigarettes during a joint seaborne patrol at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the waters off Kalamansig town. The team of police and Coast Guard personnel conducted the patrol to verify information regarding an abandoned unregistered motorized banca
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:02:00
Mindanao on track to build more clean energy sources
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Mindanao is on track to achieve a balance between renewable energy (RE) and "dirty" and expensive fossil fuels—mostly coal—by 2030, with the Department of Energy (DOE) announcing the potential delivery of at least 1,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy within the next three years. Speaking during the 4th Mindanao Clean
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:06:00
Planters, labor groups decry low sugar prices
BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The Sugar Council and labor groups in Negros are calling on the Department of Agriculture and the Sugar Regulatory Administration to urgently address low mill-gate prices of sugar, warning that current market rates are threatening the survival of local farmers. The council—composed of the Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations,
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:10:00
Senate seeks explanation from Lalamove founder
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate committee on public services will issue a show-cause order to Lalamove founder and CEO Shing Chow, who failed to attend, for the third straight time, the ongoing hearing on operational regulations for digital labor platforms. "Send a show-cause order for why they shouldn't be cited in contempt because this is
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@newsinfo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:30:00
'Don't panic,' Marcos says after peso's historic lows
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos asked the public not to panic over the Philippine peso's volatility, as the currency slightly recovered to close at P64.025 on Wednesday. This showed that the peso gained 14.5 centavos against the greenback after opening at P64.08, ending a seven-session streak of record-low closing levels. Experts said the Bangko Sentral
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