Duterte daughter tries to justify VP ambition
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DAVAO CIO PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte’s daughter on Sunday said running for vice-president next year was an opportunity to meet halfway her…
Gov't adviser seeks further lockdown easing in capital
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MAINTENANCE workers from the Pasig local government disinfected an isolation booth of a quarantine facility at the Caruncho stadium before it got…
Local governments should lead disposal plan for face shields
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS A PROPER disposal plan should be drafted and strictly implemented, environmental experts said, as government mulls ending the…
Solon says hike in teachers' election duty allowance not enough
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN A LAWMAKER from the progressive Makabayan bloc said that a recent resolution by the Commission on Elections…
Senator, labor leader say addressing vaccine hesitancy should be scientific, not coercive
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE GOVERNMENT should focus on information-based methods to address vaccine hesitancy, a senator said, rather than imposing coercive…
Cooperative for tech services eyed in Mindanao
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COOPERATIVES in southern and central Philippines are moving along the digital path with plans to set up a specialized technology service enterprise…
How may the Tampakan copper project leave a smaller mining footprint?
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PIXABAY The Provincial Government of South Cotabato has a delicate balancing act to do. Nearly 10 years ago, it banned open pit…
Rising teen pregnancy and the 'cycle of misinformation'
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PIXABAY Rising teenage pregnancy in the Philippines is now a national social emergency. The 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey showed that…
Inflation and high pork prices
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS The national inflation rate is too high for comfort. It stood at 4.9% and 4.8% in August and…
Forget the words of this COP26 deal, follow the money
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PEXELS-PIXABAY FOR ALL THE WEEKS of negotiation and hard-headed diplomacy that go into the text of an international agreement, the words that…