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The reimbursement of fees as high as $10,000 paid by Iraqi employers to recruiters of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is among the factors that has led to the snail-paced repatriation ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte for all OFW’s in troubled Middle East nations.

House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Party-List Rep. Carlos Zarate hopes that the 2021 national budget will be built around the needs created by the eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas earlier this month.

The Senate has released the two witnesses that sought protection after testifying in the Upper Chamber’s investigation into the alleged “Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) for sale” racket and anomalies inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

Malacañang has released the list of new presidential appointees, including Special Envoy of the President to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Nur Misuari and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) chief Jose Embang Jr.

BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Police Director Col. Romeo Baleros encouraged personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) here to share a portion of their rice allowance with the victims of the Taal volcano eruption in Batangas province.

The Department of Health said Tuesday that it is investigating a suspected case of 2019-novel corona virus (2019-nCov) involving a Chinese boy from Wuhan, China, who arrived into the country last week, for manifesting common symptoms of the disease.

DAVAO CITY – Mindanawon farmers will start the initial shipment of organic rice to the United States next month, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro said.

A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period.

Governments that send refugees back to countries severely affected by climate change could be in breach of their human rights obligations, a UN committee said on Monday.

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The local government of Valenzuela will create a department that will eliminate red-tape and ensure the ease of doing business in the city.

BAGUIO CITY — Combine elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Mountain Province and the Bontoc Municipal Police Station (MPS) arrested two men transporting marijuana dried leaves at a checkpoint in Samoki, Bontoc, Mountain Province, on Sunday.

President Duterte has transferred Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Undersecretary Jacinto "Jing" Paras to the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) as the new Presidential Legislative Assistant.