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President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte attend the Philippine Military Academy commencement exercise for Bagong Sinag Class of 2024, which was topped by Cadet 1st Class Jeneth Elumba, at Fort del Pilar in Baguio City yesterday. Top photo shows cadets throwing their â��shakos,â�� or military hats, into the air at the end of the graduation rites.

‘We will vigorously defend what is ours’

By Alexis Romero

The country will “vigorously defend what is ours,” President Marcos told graduating military cadets yesterday in a thinly veiled reference to mounting tensions with China, which has become more brazen in staking claims in Philippine waters.

Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres Jr.

Torres replaces Carlos as Western Command chief

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Mayor Alice Guo

DILG recommends Guo’s suspension

By Romina Cabrera

NPC forges alliance with President Marcos Partido Federal

By Helen Flores

Be champions of people’s welfare, PMA graduates told

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Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (center) celebrates his victory over Britain's Tyson Fury during a heavyweight boxing world championship fight at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 19, 2024. Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision to win the world's first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years on May 19, 2024, an unprecedented feat in boxing's four-belt era.

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Farida Macmod, 30, was arrested for allegedly carrying over 700 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride valued at P4.7 million at the corner of Soler street and Rizal Avenue in Manila at around 1:30 p.m., according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

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The transgender woman, whose real name is Hector Magallanes, was arrested in Taguig, the police Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) reported yesterday.

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Passengers queue to enter the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on February 24, 2024.

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Students graduating with honors will also receive additional cash incentives ranging from P500 to P1,500.

Valenzuela’s graduating students get cash incentives

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The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is now in custody of the 12 kilos of shabu confiscated from a dealer entrapped on May 17, 2024 in Zamboanga City.

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File photo shows the Department of Health central office in Manila.

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Troops from the 78th and 46thÂ Infantry Battalions (IB) facilitated the surrender of Gretchen Patricio, a resident of Giporlos, Eastern Samar, and her husband Arnel Encinas of Calbiga, Samar.Â

6 NPA rebels surrender in Samar, Leyte

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