Legislation to revive salt industry goes before TWG
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBAN THE House Committee on Agriculture and Food has tasked a technical working group (TWG) to work on the…
Canneries urged to pay fair prices to municipal fisherfolk
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Shoppers check out canned goods at a supermarket in Quezon City, Sept. 11. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN THE canning industry…
Legislator touts e-commerce bureau measure as key to growing online economy
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HOUSE BILLS proposing the creation of an e-commerce bureau at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will safeguard internet transactions and…
Manila to scrap mask mandate to lure more foreign travelers
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BW FILE PHOTO By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. will make mask-wearing indoors optional, as the…
China open to joint oil talks with Marcos gov’t
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MALAMPAYA GAS FIELD — PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO CHINA will continue joint oil and gas exploration talks with the Philippines under President Ferdinand…
Education department not seeking to revise history, VP Carpio says
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSELL PALMA VICE-President (VP) and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday said her agency was not seeking to revise Philippine…
Gatchalian pushes for long-term solutions to work overload among teachers
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DEPED.GOV.PH A SENATOR said the government should find long-term solutions to the problem of work overload among teachers to help address the…
Cagayan province declares state of calamity after series of typhoons
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FLOODED farm areas in the town of Allacapan on Oct. 12. — ALLACAPAN MAYOR HARRY D. FLORIDA CAGAYAN in northern Philippines has…
NGCP tower bombing leaves western Mindanao areas without power
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NGCP A POWER transmission tower in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte was bombed on Monday, causing supply interruptions in western parts of the…
Sister of middleman in broadcaster’s murder placed under witness protection
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THE SISTER of the alleged middleman involved in the killing of a local broadcaster has been placed under the Witness Protection Program,…