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Season 2 of Pickle Yard Conference League slated Oct. 24
The Pickle Yard Conference League (PYCL) hopes to play a much bigger role in the rapidly growing sport of pickleball in the country, with the Season 2 kicking off on Saturday, October 24, at The Pickle Yard SOMO in Bacoor City, Cavite.
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6th ID in Central Mindanao gets new commander
A brigadier general who partly financed hiselementary and high school education throughearnings from selling bread on the streetsassumed command of the Armys 6th Infantry Division on Thursday, October 22. The division is responsible forsecuring culturally diverse communities in the Bangsamoro region andRegion 12.
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Drilon welcomes SC ruling on unprogrammed appropriations
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon lauded the Supreme Courts recognition of unprogrammed appropriations as a valid budgetary tool, while urging Congress to seek clarification on portions of the decision that may encroach on its constitutional authority over budgeting.
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Walang Pasok: Oct. 23 class, gov't work suspensions due to Rosal
MANILA, Philippines — Face-to-face classes in several areas have been suspended on Friday, Oct. 23, due to the expected impacts of Typhoon Rosal. This is a running list of class suspensions: The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Rosal slightly weakened into a typhoon as of 2 p.m. It was last
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Ex-Bangsamoro lawmaker tagged as mastermind in foiled drug haul – PDEA
MANILA, Philippines – The individual previously identified as the financial backer of an intercepted P3.5-billion shipment of shabu (methamphetamine) from Laos is now considered the "mastermind" behind the smuggling attempt, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isagani Nerez said on Thursday. Nerez said Sultan Edrieza Hadji Nasser Rimbang "appears not as a mere financier,
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LIST: Metro Manila, Rizal areas with water interruptions | Oct. 22-30
MANILA, Philippines — Several areas in Metro Manila and Rizal will experience water service interruptions beginning Thursday, Oct. 22, as Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Co. conduct maintenance and service improvement activities. Maynilad said the maintenance activities aim to keep its water distribution system "safe, reliable and in good condition." READ: Approval of
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Agusan del Sur bets big on upland coffee in logged highlands
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Where chainsaws and slash-and-burn farming once tore through ancestral frontiers, provincial leaders are now betting that specialty coffee can brew an economic turnaround for isolated mountain villages. On Wednesday, local officials led by Agusan del Sur 2nd District Rep. Adolph Edward Plaza climbed the winding slopes of Barangay Padiay,
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Solons to House: Recall approved 2027 budget bill declared unconstitutional
MANILA, Philippines — Makabayan bloc lawmakers on Thursday urged the House of Representatives to recall the approved P7.2-trillion budget bill. This call comes following the declaration of the Supreme Court (SC) that the key provisions of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets were "unconstitutional." ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said they welcome SC's
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OSG to question SC's 'judicial overreach' in budget ruling
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will question whether the Supreme Court (SC) committed "judicial overreach" in its ruling declaring certain provisions of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets unconstitutional, Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe said Thursday. In a 121-page decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, the SC declared
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PDEA: 'No evidence' pointing to a ton of intercepted shabu bound for PH
MANILA, Philippines — It is inconclusive to claim that a vessel carrying more than a ton of shabu (methamphetamine) intercepted by Thai authorities was headed to the Philippines. This statement comes from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Isagani Nerez on Thursday, dispelling reports linking the cargo to domestic shores. Thai authorities intercepted a vessel
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LIST: Canceled ferry trips Thursday afternoon due to Rosal
MANILA, Philippines — Several ferry trips were canceled on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 22, due to rough seas brought by Super Typhoon Rosal, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. In its 12 p.m. advisory, the PPA listed the following Port Management Office (PMO) with canceled trips: Masbate PMO Mindoro PMO Bohol PMO READ: Super Typhoon Rosal
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NCIP chief objects to blanket use of 'Lumad' for Mindanao IPs
COTABATO CITY — The head of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has objected to the indiscriminate use of the term "Lumad" to refer to the Indigenous Peoples (IP) of Mindanao, saying that no outside party has the authority to define their identity. In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Thursday, NCIP
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Marvic Leonen's CJ agenda: Curb corruption, declog court dockets
MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said cleaning the ranks and decongesting court dockets would be his top priorities if he is named the next chief justice. During his panel interview with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Thursday, Leonen was asked by Sen. Francis Pangilinan how he would address
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2 killed, 1 hurt in Bukidnon highway crash
QUEZON, Bukidnon — A head-on collision between two motorcycles along the national highway in Barangay Puntian claimed two lives and left a woman injured early Thursday morning. Traffic investigator PMSgt. Roldan Perez Jr., of the Quezon Municipal Police Station, identified the dead as 51-year-old "Elmer" of Baliok, Talomo, Davao City, and 29-year-old "Daren" of Barangay
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Alcantara's office has 'secret room' for alleged kickbacks – witness
MANILA, Philippines — State witness and former Public Works-Bulacan District Engineer Henry Alcantara has a "secret room" in his office where the money for alleged kickbacks were counted and stored. A witness disclosed this to the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Thursday. Wirt Walter Rosales, Alcantaras personal assistant since 2021, made the revelation when he testified
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Oriental Mindoro hog raisers join 3-day 'pork holiday'
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Hog raisers in Oriental Mindoro have joined a nationwide three-day pork holiday from Thursday to Saturday (October 22 to 24) to protest the continued drop in farmgate prices of hogs and other challenges facing the local industry. The Oriental Mindoro Alliance of United Hog Raisers said it is heeding the
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