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P2.6-M smuggled cigarettes seized, 2 nabbed in Cotabato

COTABATO CITY – Police seized P2.6 million worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes and arrested two suspects who attempted to flee from authorities at a checkpoint here on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Alan Manibog, director of the Police Regional Office-12 (PRO-12), said the operation began in Barangay South Manuangan after police officers flagged down an Isuzu Forward

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Bataan diocese mourns loss of 2 priests who died over the weekend

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Two Roman Catholic priests died one after the other over the weekend due to heart attacks, church and local authorities said. Fr. Ernie de Leon, 59, parish priest of Hermosa town, died on Saturday morning, while Fr. Tristan Ralf Quezon Pacheco, 43, of St. Joseph Cathedral Shrine in Balanga, passed away

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Ateneo grads say school must ‘do better’ in Baterbonia-Adili probe

MANILA, Philippines — The graduating class of the Ateneo de Manila University called on the school to “do better” in its investigation into the fatal drowning of men’s basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili at an Aurora beach resort. “There is no joyful way to graduate in the shadow of this incident, and we

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Grandmother & Grandchild on Bicycle Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident in Kalibo 

Grandmother & Grandchild on Bicycle Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident in Kalibo  A grandmother was left in pain after she and her young grandchild were involved in a hit-and-run incident in Andagao, Kalibo.  On the morning of June 15, 2026, an elderly woman and her grandchild were involved in a hit-and-run incident along Roxas Avenue Extension. The woman, a resident of Barangay ... Read more

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Rene Baterbonia drowning: Hometown pays tribute to Ateneo rookie

SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — A large tarpaulin bearing the words “Welcome to Baterbonia Country” stands outside the family home of Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia in Barangay San Nicolas, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur. The 18-year-old Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) high school graduate and incoming rookie of the Ateneo Blue Eagles men’s basketball

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World Cup: Japan fights back in 2-2 Netherlands thriller

ARLINGTON, United States —Japan scored an 89th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns. A match in front of 69,285 spectators that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half. Netherlands skipper

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Oil prices down more than 4% after US-Iran deal to open Hormuz

TOKYO, Japan —Oil prices plunged more than four percent Monday after the United States and Iran announced they had reached a peace agreement to end months of a war that had roiled energy markets. West Texas Intermediate was down 4.39 percent at $81.15 a barrel in Tokyo after mediator Pakistan said the United States and

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Bato Dela Rosa’s camp surrenders 20 firearms, says PNP

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s camp has surrendered 20 of his firearms to the authorities, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a statement on Monday, the PNP said it had coordinated the surrender of the firearms through dela Rosa’s “authorized legal representative” in Barangay Maa, Davao City last Thursday, but

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