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Fuel price alert: Gasoline down, diesel up next week

MANILA — Fuel price movements will be a mixed bag next week, with gasoline prices projected to roll back while diesel is expected to spike, amid continued worries over developments in the Middle East. Citing price developments as of Thursday, Jetti Petroleum president Leo Bellas forecast gasoline prices to decrease by PHP1.00 to PHP1.50 per

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Swim ban on Bacuit Bay in El Nido stays, faster wastewater action sought

EL NIDO, Palawan – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) on Thursday urged local authorities in El Nido to accelerate and strengthen wastewater management as monitoring continues to show untreated discharges from drainage outfalls flowing into coastal waters, prompting a continued swimming ban, particularly in Bacuit Bay. During the site inspection, DENR-EMB

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Sandiganbayan OKs hospital arrest for ex-DPWH chief Bonoan

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has “partially granted” the motion of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan for hospital arrest as he faces a non-bailable plunder case.  In a resolution dated June 4 but was only shared to the media on Friday, the anti-graft court division said it

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2 wanted for rape nabbed in Pangasinan operations

CALASIAO, Pangasinan — Two men wanted in separate rape cases were arrested in Pangasinan on Thursday during coordinated police operations. One of the suspects, a security guard from Mangaldan town, was apprehended by personnel from the Mangaldan and Urdaneta police stations with support from provincial and regional intelligence units. The suspect was also listed as

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