Category: What The Papers Say
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Cassava Girl
Enthralled by her harvest of large-size cassava tuber from a ‘Gulayang Barangay’ at San Andres Village in Santiago City, Isabela, HRM student Winnie Santiago uprooted the versatile root crop for her favorite cassava cake recipe. The organic tuber is said to be rich in dietary supplements. mb.com.ph | Philippine News
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Big savings
Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista supervises the printing of official ballots for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataaan elections yesterday at the National Printing Office in Quezon City. Comelec said it will save P250 million for using excess paper procured for the May, 2016 elections. (Federico Cruz/Manila Bulletin/mb.com.ph) mb.com.ph | Philippine News
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Noynoy Now A Private Citizen
Noynoy Now A Private Citizen – Former President Benigno Aquino III, now a private citizen, visits the tombs of his parents on the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr at the Manila Memorial Park, where he is buried beside the late President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. (Ali Vicoy…
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Alora wraps up Philippine odyssey in Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 — The Philippine campaign in the 2016 Rio Olympics came to a close Saturday evening with taekwondo’s Kirstie Elaine Alora breaking down in tears after absorbing two bitter defeats at the Carioca 3 of the Olympic Park. Alora, the last Filipino athlete to vie for a medal, bowed to Olympic…
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PHP250-M Savings Of The Comelec For The Procurement Of Paper Rolls For Official Ballots In The Oct. 31 Barangay and SK polls
PHP250 million was the estimated savings of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the procurement of the paper rolls to be used as official ballots in the forthcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls. According to Comelec–Printing Committee head Genevieve Guevarra, the savings came from 1,500 paper rolls they found after conducting an inventory of…