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Son La organises traditional New Year celebration for Lao students

Son La: The Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Young Union Committee of Son La province coordinated with local universities and colleges to hold a get-together on April 15 the occasion of Bunpimay – the traditional New Year festival of Laos.

Caravan fails to paralyze public transport in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY: The transport caravan, instead of the strike by unconsolidated groups, failed to cripple transportation in Iloilo and Panay on Monday, according to the assessment of the Police Regional Police Office 6.

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Cops intercept van carrying P13.3-B shabu in Batangas checkpoint

MANILA: Police officers intercepted a vehicle carrying some PHP13.3 billion worth of shabu in Batangas on Monday morning.

Initial reports reaching Camp Crame in Quezon City said the contraband was found in a silver van bearing plate number CBM 5060, …

E. Samar town wants Homonhon mining firm encroachment stopped

TACLOBAN CITY: The local government unit of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province asked the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to conduct verification of the mining tenement boundary of Emir Mineral Resources in Casuguran village, Homonhon Island.

Guiuan …