Zubiri says gov’t will be ‘thrifty’ next year as Senate wraps up budget deliberations
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SENATE.GOV.PH SENATE President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Thursday said the upper chamber of Congress is on schedule as it directs budget…
Senators question P10-B fund of anti-communist task force for community dev’t
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SENATORS on Thursday questioned a P10-billion fund under the anti-communist task force’s proposed 2023 budget, citing the ad hoc body’s failure to…
Malacañang vows justice, transparency in the wake of broadcaster’s murder
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES A HIGH-RANKING Malacañang official assured the family of slain radio journalist Percival Mabasa that President Ferdinand R….
Bird flu detected in 9 provinces in Luzon, 1 in Mindanao
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BIRD FLU, or the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1, has been detected in nine provinces in Luzon and one in…
US donates additional P11.5-M COVID-19 supplies, humanitarian aid to Surigao del Norte
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US EMBASSY PHOTO HANDOUT THE UNITED States has donated an additional P11.5 million worth of COVID-19 supplies and humanitarian aid to disaster-hit…
Lawmaker calls for improved registration among indigenous and poor communities
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN A SENATOR on Thursday called on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Office of the Civil Registrar…
Senior citizen discount on traffic fines proposed in House bill
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN A BILL that seeks to give senior citizens, or those 60 years and above, a discount on…
PHL inflation still manageable — ECoP
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A wide variety of fish at the Marikina Public Market. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS THE 6.9% inflation rate in September remains…
Geothermal, biomass, hydro classified as preferred dispatchers of power
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Geothermal – Unified Leyte Power Plants THE Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday that geothermal, biomass, and hydroelectric power plants have…
World Bank urges Philippines to cement place in industrial, tech and health value chains
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REUTERS THE PHILIPPINES must establish its niche in the global value chains for manufacturing, technology, and health and life sciences, the World…