Evacuation center in every city sought
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PHILSTAR A SENATOR has filed a bill that seeks to set up evacuation centers in every Philippine city. If passed, Senate Bill…
Davao to build more offices dealing with poor
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DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte is seeking to set up more government centers that will help poor Filipinos needing medical…
Mindanao Business Conference revived
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DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) will revive the Mindanao Business Conference this year as it focuses…
Expert: Monkeypox lockdown too early
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A SECTION of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus….
Little justification for COVID aid — DoF
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS CORONAVIRUS financial aid is less of a priority for the Marcos administration as it wants to divert its…
Bill to raise military disability pension
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FILIP ANDREJEVIC-UNSPLASH A SENATOR has refiled a bill that seeks to raise the military’s disability pension to as high as P10,000 from…
Congressmen file bill giving teachers monthly allowance
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A GRADE 1 teacher at an elementary school in Montalban, Rizal holds tutorial classes on Nov. 15, 2021. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL…
Who has the President’s ear?
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES I am pleased to share with readers the political section of our quarterly economic report to Globalsource…
Philippine sugar, independence, and US military bases
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MAE MU-UNSPLASH “The gross inefficiencies in our sugar industry have made the cost of production higher than the world market price. Yet…
ABS-TV5 Partnership, SMC rate hike petition, and Budget 2023
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“Consolidation means more visibility, more content, and more accountability and this will be good for media consumers.” I wrote that in this…