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Pride Month: How Regal Oliva fought through fear, faith to claim freedom

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Long before she became a lawyer, a city treasurer, a political candidate, and one of Cebu’s most visible transgender advocates, Atty. Regal Oliva was a child trying to understand why the world insisted she was different. She did not remember a single defining moment when she realized who she was. There

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4 drug suspects arrested, P1.6-M ‘shabu’ seized in Rizal

LUCENA CITY — The police arrested four alleged drug traffickers and seized more than P1.6 million worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) and an unlicensed firearm during a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal on Saturday. The Police Regional Office 4A identified the suspects only by their aliases: “Mark,” “Jomar,” “Jerson,” and “Cooky.” The suspects were

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Bukidnon extends P1.5-M aid to quake-hit GenSan

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — The provincial government of Bukidnon has extended P1.5 million in financial assistance to General Santos City to support relief and recovery efforts following the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani and caused widespread destruction across southern Mindanao. The assistance was formally turned over by the Provincial

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Over 500,000 people affected by M7.8 Mindanao earthquake

ILOILO CITY — Over half a million people were affected by the M7.8 earthquake that struck off Maasim, Sarangani, in Mindanao, on June 8, while government humanitarian assistance has exceeded P84 million, according to the recent Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) report of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As

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