Category: News
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More budget realignments pushed
Leftist lawmakers lauded their colleagues in the House of Representatives for the “small positive step” of realigning P77.5 billion from the still-pending P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. But they urged congressmen to do more by realigning P9.29 billion in confidential and intelligence funds and the remaining budget of the National Task Force to End Local…
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Philippine City to the List of World’s Best Cities for Digital Nomads
Have you gone back to the office or are you still working remotely? If you’re the latter, consider yourself lucky. The pandemic upended the way we do most things, especially our professional lives, and the most fortunate employees are the ones that allow them flexible work arrangements. And if you’re really lucky, you can actually fly off…
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Filipinos debt-ridden by P127,000 each amid Marcos’s latest borrowing
Filipinos now have a debt of over P127,000 each, which will be paid in the form of taxes, as the country’s debt grows after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. borrowed another $2 billion from foreign lenders. This is on top of the P13.02-trillion debt the government has incurred as of end-August. According to Freedom from Debt Coalition…
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LTFRB Chair Garafil is new Press Usec, OIC
As the public awaits the announcement as to who would the next press secretary be, Malacañang confirmed that Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairperson Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil is now the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said this a day after President Marcos said that the…
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PH borrows $2B in first bond sale under Marcos
Recent international sorties by President Marcos and his economic team appeared to bear fruit as the government raised a total of $2 billion in commercial bonds on Thursday, just a day after launching them in the global market despite volatile conditions. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said the transactions cover $500 million in five-year…
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Marcos Jr. swears in new NTF-ELCAC head
President Marcos on Wednesday administered the oath of office to the newly appointed executive director of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), amid various issues with the task force. Marcos swore in Executive Director Emmanuel Salamat in Malacañang. The controversial task force has seen opposition and controversies amid various issues…
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Rama to help Apas dwellers, as Gwen counts cost of camp transfer
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama has assured residents in Barangay Apas that he will discuss possible remedies with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia following the turnover of lots from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Visayas Command to the Cebu Provincial Government. This, as Garcia began negotiations with the Department of National Defense (DND) on the…
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Jobless Filipinos rise to 2.68-M in August
The number of jobless Filipinos rose in August this year as recent graduates who joined the labor market had a hard time to get employment, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Based on the PSA preliminary results of the Labor Force Survey released on Thursday, Oct. 6, the country’s unemployment rate settled at…
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Foreign governments air alarm over PH media killings
Several governments from Europe and North America took a rare collective stand against media killings in the Philippines by urging law enforcers to deliver swift justice to the assassins of veteran broadcaster Percival Mabasa, the second journalist murdered under the Marcos administration. On Tuesday, the Canadian and Dutch embassies — co-chairs of the global Media…
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DBM okays P11.5B for health workers
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday approved the release of P11.5 billion to fund the unpaid allowance of 1.6 million health care workers (HCW). The DBM said the money will cover the unfunded portion of some 2,613,331 approved One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA) or Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) claims by the Department of…