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Soldiers are seen at the Philippine Army’s 126th Founding Anniversary in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, March 22, 2023. — PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALESPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is set to sign a measure boosting the country’s defense program through investments in local defense equipment manufacturing

PHILSTARA SENATOR on Monday said he will seek P3 billion in additional funding for state universities once the Senate takes up the proposed 2025 national budget to prevent possible budgetary shortfalls that could hamper free college education implementation.Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian said budgetary deficits for

THE National Dairy Authority (NDA) on Monday said that it is studying the transfer of the milk feeding program from the Department of Education (DepEd) to streamline milk procurements.“That is what we are studying right now to return procurement of milk used in the milk

SHAUN MEINTJES-UNSPLASHTHE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday said it has seized illicit cigarettes worth P8.06 billion in foregone taxes following a raid in Pampanga.In a statement, the agency said the illegal cigarettes were found after four large-scale manufacturers were raided in Clark, Pampanga.“A

BANGUED, ABRA — League of Mayors of the Philippines (LMP) national president Joseph Sto. Niño “JB” B. Bernos is seeking his return in his home province — Abra — as a lawmaker.Filing his candidacy on Sunday under the Lakas Christian and Muslim Democrats (Lakas CMD),

COTABATO CITY – Patrolling soldiers killed in a brief clash in Kapai, Lanao del Sur on Sunday, three members of the New People’s Army collecting “protection money” at gunpoint from hapless villagers.Officials of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office and the Army’s 55th Infantry