IN 2020, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which originated in China,  hit  the Philippines.
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THE Board of Investments (BOI) has issued amendments to the 2022 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) in relation to Mass Housing.
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TRADE and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said more business agreements have been signed with Australian firms particularly in the areas of energy and research.
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Bong Go advocates for improved working conditions and benefits for Barangay Health Workers as he attended BHW Cebu Summit
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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday announced all concerned government agencies have been mobilized to ensure the safety of Filipinos in Israel after it suffered surprise attacks from militant Hamas forces during the weekend.
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WITH growing optimism surrounding the country’s economic landscape, a senior trade and investment commissioner said Australia is deepening its trade, economic, and educational links with the Philippines.
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THE Marcos Jr. administration raised $1.26 billion from its tender of retail dollar bonds (RDBs), exceeding the $1-billion borrowing target from the country’s second sale of RDBs.
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STATE-RUN National Food Authority (NFA) stands ready to borrow money from state-run banks should it need more cash in meeting its target of buying 500,000 metric tons (MT) of palay from local farmers this harvest season.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO—While more and more industry players are seen likely to join in the national effort to successfully implement the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, more things should be done in terms of refining its rules, as well as enforcing...

LOCAL governments hosting mineral mining and energy development within their regions are poised to receive a collective share of P12.8 billion from the national treasury’s income derived from the commercial utilization of the nation’s natural resources...

THE Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction H.E. Mami Mizutori and key government officials will visit the Philippines to meet with Pres. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and members of His Cabine...

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced last Sunday the agency has started the procurement process for body cameras that will be used by secondary inspectors of the agency.
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Announced last month, Ed Sheeran said of Autumn Variations -“Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded.”
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The Philippine Arena was a sea of candybongs over the weekend as the South Korean girl group TWICE sold out their two-day TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR ‘READY TO BE’ concert last Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, powered by the Philippine’s Best Mobile Network Smart Communi...

The  Rotary Club of Manila on Saturday kicked off its community oral health program in Balut, Tondo, Manila, in partnership with Mithing Pangarap Educational Foundation, Teeth Cloud, and Alliance of Canadian Dental Hygienists who conducted free dental ...

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go addressed the recent maritime tragedy off Bajo de Masinloc that claimed the lives of three Filipino fishermen, by calling for immediate justice, extending assistance to the grieving families, and emphasizing th...

Will removal of barrier by PCG further escalate WPS tension?
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THE US is deepening intelligence cooperation with countries across Asia as it looks to counter Beijing’s sophisticated spying apparatus and blunt Chinese cyber attacks.
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The world’s present situation is at the “era of global boiling,” said the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a testament that the climate crisis is indeed a worldwide emergency.
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The Asean Climate and Biodiversity Initiative is the first in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
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The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than P450-million ($8 million) in additional funding to strengthen disaster preparedness and response in vulnerable communities in the Philippi...

VATICAN—Pope Francis opened the Synod on Synodality’s three-week assembly last Wednesday with a call to remember that the Church exists to bring Jesus to the world and should face today’s challenges with a gaze fixed on God rather than “political calcu...

THE growth in the country’s domestic liquidity (M3) and loans of universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) remained a “bright spot” for Philippine economic performance, according to a local economist.
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THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is supporting the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), noting that it would help in “closing” the Philippines’s infrastructure gaps and boost its “green” investments.
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THE tight monetary policy of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should be maintained until inflation slows, as far as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Plus 3 Macroeconomic Research Office (Amro) is concerned.
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THE Supreme Court through the Office of the Court Administrator (SC-OCA) has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an investigation into the supposed services being offered online by some unscrupulous individuals for annulment of ...

MALACAÑANG has declared a moratorium on the granting of career executive service (CES) rank to graduates of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP).
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PRESIDENT Marcos Jr.’s decision to lift the price ceiling on rice was made “at the right time” as the country starts its main harvest of palay, with some pundits claiming that the measure was “successful” in curbing “market collusion.”
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THE skills needed for jobs globally may change by at least 65 percent by 2030 as rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate workplace change, according to major professional network platform LinkedIn.
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SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez expressed his optimism on the resilience of the Philippine economy despite the anticipated global economic slowdown as he underscored the progress made in implementing financial and tax reforms, which enhanced the ...

CYBERSECURITY giant Kaspersky on Wednesday advised Filipinos to never trust everything online, as fake or hacked websites are becoming more inconspicuous to the untrained eye.
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, called on the Department of Health (DOH) and other relevant agencies to implement stringent measures to prevent the potential spread of the Nipah virus (NiV). ...

Endowed with 63 caves, 61 of which remain unexplored, a Davao del Sur town catches the attention of tourists and spelunkers
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AS Europe’s top trade chief headed to Beijing this month shortly after announcing a probe into China’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies, some in the bloc braced for fiery criticism and any hint of retaliation.
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LONDON—Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence.
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The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn’t worried about representing himself in US immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves.
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