Mawar seen to enter PHL as a super typhoon, landfall still unlikely
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TROPICAL cyclone Mawar has regained strength as a super typhoon while moving over the Pacific Ocean after battering Guam on Wednesday, and…
DICT owes 2 major telcos at least P1.5B for free WiFi program
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DICT.GOV.PH THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) owes two of the country’s major telecommunication companies at least P1.5 billion for…
LRT-1 passengers can now pay using Maya app
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PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE OPERATOR of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and digital payments application Maya launched on Thursday a quick…
Tales of recovery and remorse from Marawi City
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DHSUD By John M. Unson, Correspondent IT HAS been six years since terrorists laid siege to Marawi City, which led to a…
Fisher group calls gov’t food stamp program a ‘band-aid solution’
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PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN FISHER group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Thursday criticized the government’s plan to launch a…
OFWs affected by suspension of Kuwait visas get government aid
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DMW THE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday provided job matching programs and financial aid to Kuwait-bound Filipino workers affected by…
US debt default may rattle markets
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US dollar banknotes and an American flag are displayed on a laptop in this illustration, Dec. 26, 2022. — JAKUB PORZYCKI/NURPHOTO VIA…
Gov’t sets P185-billion borrowing plan for June
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MARI GIMENEZ-UNSPLASH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT plans to borrow P185 billion from the domestic market in June, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr)…
8 out of 1,000 Filipinos are ‘modern slaves’ — report
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REUTERS By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter AROUND eight out of 1,000 Filipinos are “modern slaves,” according to a global index that…
World Bank backs PHL development agenda
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Kindergarten students engage in art activities during class in Marikina classes, Aug. 25, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOS THE WORLD BANK has…