Seven-month registered births and deaths in Philippines fall
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PHILSTAR REGISTERED births and deaths declined 25.2% and 32.6% year on year, respectively in the seven months to July, the Philippine Statistics…
Senate bill proposes agriculture database focused on improving market intelligence
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PHILSTAR A SENATE BILL is seeking to consolidate and integrate all agricultural databases to improve market intelligence on where produce is in…
The tax treatment of equity-based compensation
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With just a couple of months before the end of the year, most employers have started planning for the year-end annualization of…
Philippine military to get $70M from US for upgrade
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS THE PHILIPPINES will get $70 million in US assistance so it can upgrade military facilities in the next…
Lawmakers back scrapping of mask mandate indoors
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN CONGRESSMEN on Wednesday backed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s plan to do away with the mask mandate…
Congressman urges swift passage of archipelagic bill
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PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO A CONGRESSMAN on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to prioritize the approval of a bill that seeks to…
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in northern PHL destroys houses, public infrastructure
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1 of 2 By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter A MAGNITUDE 6.4 earthquake jolted the northern Philippine province of Abra on Tuesday…
16th storm of the year seen to intensify; brings heavy rains to central, northern PHL
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A LOW-pressure area that developed into a tropical depression Wednesday morning is expected to strengthen into a storm by Thursday, according to…
NGCP restores transmission line affected by tower bombing
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NGCP THE NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Wednesday that it has restored the transmission line affected by a…
Marcos urges Congress to fast-track bills digitalizing PHL bureaucracy
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PEOPLE line up to receive financial aid in hard cash at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS…