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White shirts, fast-track passes: Inside an alleged Immigration racket

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Chinese math tutor sparks debate for downgrading English in public schools

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'Every day a child is born to suffer,' group laments as new citizenship rules delayed

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67-year-old ex-communist militia member surrenders in Oriental Mindoro

Ilocos Norte dengue cases top 2,500 with 3 deaths

Suspected Dawlah Islamiya leader, 3 others killed in Maguindanao clash

Cops probe shooting in Baco, Oriental Mindoro

El Niño causes moisture stress among crops in Negros Occidental

Pediatric respiratory cases surge congests Bacolod hospital

Man wanted for statutory rape nabbed in Mountain Province

Prosecution asks ICC to include prior testimonies of 5 witnesses in Rodrigo Duterte case

Suspect nabbed, P400,000 in meth seized in South Cotabato drug bust

White shirts, fast-track passes: Inside an alleged Immigration racket

Chinese math tutor sparks debate for downgrading English in public schools

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