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LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: A Philippine Marine sergeant and two others were killed in three separate road accidents in Pangasinan on Sunday, the Provincial Police Office here reported on Monday.

Noting that P200 billion is lost each year to agricultural smuggling, Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday prodded her peers to approve a measure defining and proposing stiff penalties for agriculture economic sabotage to include not only smuggling but also hoarding, profiteering and cartel. Embodied in Senate Bill 1086, Committee Report…

LEADING malls in Baliwag, Marilao and Pulilan unveiled Bulacan BESTival — a celebration of food, music, and arts encapsulated through a series of events mounted in each mall — to mark the celebration of Bulacans Singkaban Festival.

The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations said implementing a mechanism called contract growing will result in stable domestic rice prices. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co said in a statement that contract growing will benefit both consumers and farmers because it would not only result in steady rice…

THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) announced it has extended P846.71-million worth of loan assistance as of end-August this year to support the operations of 23 electric cooperatives (ECs). The NEA’s Accounting Management and Guarantee Department reported that 16 ECs borrowed a total of P411.86 million for their capital expenditures. These…

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: A farmer who allegedly got angry after his uncle ran over his palay seeds being sun-dried on a road hacked and killed the latter in Alaminos City on Saturday, a report released by the Pangasinan Police Office here said.

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: It will be a beach fiesta for the people of Pangasinan when the provincial government holds the Mukbang ed Dayat at the capitol beachfront here on September 22 to mark the 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary.

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, in partnership with Councilor Julie Gonzales, assisted a total of 44 indigents at the Barangay Malibay Plaza during his team’s relief effort in Pasay City on Monday, September 4. All of the beneficiaries received snacks, masks, and shirts from the team while there were select recipients…

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The United Nations Environment Programme notes that methane is a hazardous gas and is 80 times more potent at warming the Earth than CO2 over a 20-year period.