ADB calls for more ASEAN investment in health, nutrition
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THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to build resilience against future public health crises by raising investment in health and…
Philippine tobacco traders face P1.8-B tax complaints
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ROMEO LUMAGUI JR. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ERNIE PENAREDONDO By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday…
Private employees to get tested for drugs under DILG agreement
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FREEPIK THE DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday launched a program that would mitigate illegal drug use in the…
Philippines posts 17 more cases of XBB.1.16 coronavirus subvariant
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UNSPLASH PHILIPPINE health authorities on Thursday reported 17 more cases of the Omicron coronavirus subvariant XBB.1.16, bringing the total to 28. Of…
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…