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The Department of Education (DepEd) said Sunday it will leave it to local governments to decide whether to suspend classes to cope with a nationwide transport strike that begins today, while the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it will suspend the number-coding scheme. The transport group Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators […]
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday said she believed she still has the trust of President Marcos even as her office is doing “due diligence” on rumors that there are moves to impeach her. “We’re okay,” Duterte said during a chance interview in Quezon City. “I believe that I still have the trust of President […]
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House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday denied claims that there was a move to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte amid talk of fractures inside the “UniTeam” coalition. “I’m not aware of anything…There’s been nothing filed, no news of that,” Romualdez said in a chance interview in San Francisco, California, where he is part of President […]
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The death toll following the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit Davao Occidental on Friday climbed to eight, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said yesterday. The NDRRMC said 13 people were also reportedly injured. It likewise recorded a total of 125 damaged houses and infrastructures in Davao City, Davao Occidental, Davao del Sur, […]
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Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday at the 72nd edition of the pageant, held this year in El Salvador. Palacios, 23, received the crown and sash from her predecessor, R’Bonney Gabriel from the United States. This is the first time a contestant from Nicaragua has won the contest, with Thailand’s Anntonia […]
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Subscribers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are getting zero benefits from the utility’s franchise as the “economies of scale” that should cut costs are instead just bloating the company’s size and profits, a consumer advocate said. “Usually in economies of scale, as we understand it, the larger you grow, the lower is your cost, so […]
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