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Despite challenges, UM grad places 6th in June 2022 LET

IT takes two to tango, as the saying goes.

Some of the greatest figures in US history got their feet wet in the difficult work of governance while serving in the Philippines during the early days of American colonial rule.

The World Bank has expressed interest to fund various infrastructure projects in Sulu that include roads and a major source of potable water for the residents, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has disclosed. Emil K. Sadain, DPWH undersecretary for Unified Project

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is exploring the opportunity to tap financing and technical support from World Bank for its proposed

(PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - Some 58.93 million or 54 percent of the 109.03 million Filipinos lived in urban villages in 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. The report said it represents an increase of 7.20 million persons from the 51.73 million urban residents in 2015. "The rural population or those who lived in barangays classified as rural in 2020 comprised the remaining 50.10 million persons or 46.0 percent of the total population," the PSA s...

Less than a week before the Marcos administration officially takes over, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has met and spoken with two key incoming defense and security officials to discuss matters of national security and ensure a smooth transition of power and authority.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two long-wanted Abu Sayyaf militant commanders accused of beheading two kidnapped Canadian tourists and a German in the southern Philippines have surrendered to authorities, officials said Friday.

Two militants accused of kidnapping and killing four foreigners in the restive southern Philippines were detained after surrendering to the military, authorities said.

MANILA: Two notorious militants from the Abu Sayyaf Group, including the executioner of Canadian hostages, were detained on Friday after surrendering to the Philippine security forces, the military said. Ben Quirino, alias Ben Tattoo, 41, and his brother Almujer Yadah, 55, were sub-leaders of the militant outfit that operates in the country’s south, and has gained notoriety