Peso sinks further after Fed decision
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BW FILE PHOTO THE PESO weakened further versus the dollar on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve hiked rates by 75 basis…
Cancer control program waiting on 2023 funding prospects
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PIXABAY A 2019 law outlining a system for managing cancer treatment is awaiting how much funding it will get in 2023 to…
Data scientist calls coal power unreliable, backs ‘flexible’ renewables
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PEXELS-PIXABAY RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) plants can be counted on to reliably service power demand more than coal-fired facilities, even though RE is…
Marcos plans action on ICC drug investigation
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PCOO.GOV.PH PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday met with his top legal officials to discuss the government’s next course of…
923 more Omicron subvariant cases reported by DoH
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE PHILIPPINES on Thursday reported 923 more cases involving more contagious Omicron subvariants. The Department of Health (DoH)…
Infra damage from Luzon earthquake hits P33.8 million
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OFFICE OF REP. CHING BERNOS INFRASTRUCTURE damage from Wednesday’s magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked the northwestern part of the Philippines’ main island…
Bill on creation of department for disaster management ready for refiling in House
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EMERGENCY responders — including firefighters, police, military, and local government teams — at a site of a collapsed building in La Trinidad,…
Land, guns are pressure points in Bangsamoro transition, sustainable peace — IA report
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UNREGISTERED weapons seized by the military in Maguindanao in 2019. — WESTMINCOM CONFLICTS over land ownership and continued proliferation of illegal guns…
Palace extends authority of officers-in-charge until yearend
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MALACANANG.GOV.PH THE PRESIDENTIAL Palace on Thursday released a memorandum circular extending the authority of officers-in-charge of agencies under the Executive department until…
Teachers’ party-list denounces DepEd plan on added benefits instead of pay hike
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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…