The Mandaue City government has launched a formal investigation into the death of a 31-year-old mother who collapsed while waiting for verification to receive financial assistance for victims of Typhoon Tino.
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CDN Top Stories [March 17] – 2nd round of mega oil price hike starts today
Scroll on to read the rundown of top stories and headlines from Cebu Daily News for Tuesday, March 17. Another big-time oil price hike: Diesel could hit ₱91/liter A liter of diesel may hit as high as ₱91 beginning Tuesday, March 17, as the country braces for another mega fuel price hike while the war in the Middle
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Gov’t urged to run oil industry as prices soar
MANILA, Philippines — Ahead of another round of double-digit fuel price hikes on Tuesday, the largest trade union in the country has called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to enforce emergency powers under the oil deregulation law, to temporarily take over the industry in a bid to stabilize oil prices. Also on Monday, the House
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Buzzer beater: VP files reply to impeachment complaints
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday beat the deadline to file her formal reply to the two impeachment complaints lodged against her before the House of Representatives’ committee on justice, Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon said. Ridon, a member of the panel, confirmed to reporters that Duterte submitted her reply to the
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PH fuel prices ‘most expensive’ yet, as peso almost 60:$1
MANILA, Philippines — Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the country will log its “most expensive” fuel prices yet by Tuesday, the weekly schedule for price adjustments, amid the Iran war that continues to disrupt fuel exports past its second week. Meanwhile, the Philippine peso nearly reached the P60-per-dollar level after weakening to a new record
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Daily Gospel, March 17, 2026
This is the Daily Gospel for March 17, 2026, which is the Tuesday of the Fourth week of Lent. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, March 16, 2026 Daily Gospel, March 15, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint John 5, 1-16. There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up
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PAOCC gets over 47,400 complaints vs abusive online lending apps
MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Monday that it received 47,446 complaints about the allegedly abusive behavior of some companies operating online lending applications between August 2024 and January 2026. “What is painful about this is that there are reports that many of our fellow Filipinos are suffering from depression.
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SC junks Las Piñas resident’s petition vs higher trash collection fees
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by an educator seeking to nullify a Manila City ordinance that raised garbage disposal costs by up to 1,200 percent. In a ruling made public on Monday but promulgated on Feb. 26, the high court en banc said the petition filed by John Barry
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PNP thwarts teenagers’ alleged plan to attack school
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police on Monday urged parents to warn their children against online games that “encourage violence” after seven teenagers in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region were turned over to social workers on Feb. 2 for hatching online a plan to attack their school on Feb. 16 using
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Marcos vows continued efforts to cushion Mideast conflict impact
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday assured the public that the government is implementing measures to cushion the impact of the Middle East conflict on oil prices, including cash and fuel subsidies and the urgent certification of bills to reduce excise taxes on petroleum products and amend the Biofuels Act of 2006.
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