Analysts back call to scrap billions of pesos of intel funds
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BW FILE PHOTO By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, Reporter THE PHILIPPINE Congress should scrap billions of pesos worth of confidential and intelligence…
Prosecute higher ranking police officers involved in drug war killings, rights lawyer tells gov’t
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PHIIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN THE PHILIPPINE government should prosecute higher ranking police officers who could be responsible for wrongful deaths in former…
DoT offers help to local governments on developing more parks, open spaces
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Local tourists listen to a free guided tour in Rizal Park by teacher PJ Del Rosario, also known as The Traveling Salakot,…
IOM study aims to integrate climate change impact to peacebuilding work in Bangsamoro
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RESIDENTS of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte displaced in the aftermath of severe storm Nalgae, locally named Paeng, collect water distributed…
Solon seeks probe of rabies control program’s failure to reach targets
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS A RESOLUTION to investigate the government’s rabies control program has been filed at the House of Representatives, noting…
MPIF delivers healthcare services to Siargao coastal communities
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MPIC A GROUP of medical professionals recently visited Siargao to provide free healthcare services through Metro Pacific Investments Foundation, Inc.’s (MPIF) Health…
Rule of law, authoritarianism, and civil society
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DAN KIRK FORMENTERA-UNSPLASH (Part 2) (This is the second part of the interview with Prof. Raul Fabella conducted by Romeo Bernardo that…
Why we should raise taxes on vapes
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CDC-UNSPLASH Over the past decade, the Philippines has achieved a level of international best practice in its tobacco control policies. In 2015,…
Thailand’s looming household debt crisis
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DAN FREEMAN-UNSPLASH Household loans are the best thing invented since the proverbial sliced bread. It has enabled families to purchase homes and…
Filipino values in personal finance
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TOWFIQU BARBHUIYA-UNSPLASH “Ma’am, I want to enroll my daughter, Jane, in ballet classes, and I have to buy her the leotards and…