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Albayalde urges probe on alleged Red recruitment in Lumad schools

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 02:55 PM

National police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday urged the education officials to look into reports that some schools for Lumads or indigenous people are being used as a breeding ground of communists.    Read more »

3 cops killed, 3 hurt in CamSur ambush

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 03:08 PM

Three policemen were killed while 3 other officers were injured in an ambush in Lupi, Camarines Sur on Thursday.  Read more »

Cavite vice mayor's widow eyes town's top post

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 01:53 PM

The wife of slain Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Cavite province registered Tuesday her candidacy for the top post in her town. Read more »

Dondon Hontiveros aims for Cebu City council seat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:36 PM

Basketball superstar Donaldo “Dondon” Hontiveros filed Tuesday his certificate of candidacy for councilor of Cebu City.   Read more »

Speaker’s sister-in-law guns for House comeback

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 05:37 AM

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s sister-in-law, Marilou Arroyo-Lesaca, filed Tuesday her certificate of candidacy for Congress representative of Negros Occidental.  Read more »

Davao Del Sur town mayor faints during speech

Paul Palacio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 11:28 AM

SANTA CRUZ, Davao del Sur - Mayor Alexis Dodong Almendras of this town fainted while giving a speech at municipal hall on Tuesday.  Read more »

2 ex-governors eye return to Cavite's top post

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 02:34 PM

Two former governors of Cavite are set to face off in next year's race for the province's top post.  Read more »

Mark Lapid eyes Pampanga mayoral seat

John Mark Guda, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 12:10 PM

PORAC, Pampanga - Actor Mark Lapid on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy for mayor of this town in next year's elections.   Read more »

Cebu City mayor seeks reelection

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 11:49 AM

Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña on Monday registered his bid for re-election. Read more »

'Cesspool no more': Boracay opening dry run starts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 10:45 AM

BORACAY, Aklan - The government on Monday began its 10-day dry run for the October 26 soft opening of this holiday island. Read more »

Simbahan sa CamSur nasunog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 09:24 AM

BATO, Camarines Sir - Nasunog ang Lighthouse Bible Baptist Church sa Barangay San Vicente sa bayan na ito, Sabado. Read more »

Mangingisda patay dahil sa kidlat sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 08:59 AM

LAPU-LAPU, Cebu - Patay ang isang mangingisda matapos tamaan ng kidlat sa karagatan ng Barangay Ibo sa bayan na ito, Sabado ng gabi.  Read more »

'Desperado': Robredo blasts draft charter removing her from succession

Yasmin Pascual-Dormido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 05:23 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo dubbed a draft charter that removes her position from the presidential line of succession as seemingly "desperate."  Read more »

Too many tomatoes: DA eyes switching crops amid tomato surplus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:51 AM

The government will help farmers in Kalayaan, Laguna plant other crops after tons of their tomato harvest were rejected by traders due to an oversupply, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.    Read more »

Sara Duterte slams Makabayan for 'lying' over Davao teachers' allowances

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 03:11 PM

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday called for the expulsion of the Makabayan bloc from the House of Representatives for "lying" about her local government's supposed failure to grant allowances to teachers.  Read more »

Ex-Samar mayor hurt in town fiesta shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:03 PM

SAN JOSE DE BUAN, Samar - A former mayor of this town was wounded in a shooting incident here on Monday morning. Read more »

1 patay, 18 sugatan sa banggaan ng truck, jeep sa CamSur

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 11:59 AM

Isa ang patay at 18 ang sugatan makaraang magsalpukan ang isang truck at pampasaherong jeepney sa boundary ng mga bayan ng Libmanan at Sipocot sa Camarines Sur nitong Linggo ng hapon. Read more »

Drug traders, politicians eyed in deadly Lanao ambush on PDEA agents

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 11:59 AM

Drug traffickers and some politicians may have links to the ambush that killed 5 Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency officers in Lanao del Sur last week, the PDEA chief said Monday. Read more »

Cop linked to junket operator kidnap-slay escapes police custody

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 11:29 AM

A police official suspected of leading a kidnap-for-ransom group escaped the custody of the Cagayan police, shortly he was arrested over the weekend, authorities confirmed Monday.   Read more »

Itogon mining crackdown begins

Micaella Ilao, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 03:11 PM

ITOGON, Benguet - Some 200 soldiers, police and environment officers descended on this northern town on Sunday to implement a ban on small-scale mining operations.  Read more »