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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…
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September inflation quickens to 6.9%
The country’s headline inflation rate rose to 6.9 percent in September, significantly higher than the 6.3 percent in August this year. This is the highest recorded inflation since October 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. September inflation in Central Visayas also accelerated to 8.1 percent from 7.4 percent in August. With…
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Marcos to DENR: Climate change agenda is top gov’t priority
The country’s resiliency and adaptation to the challenges pose by climate change will be on top of the administration’s national agenda, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured. Speaking at the 2022 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Oct. 5, Marcos vowed to ensure environmental initiatives to combat climate change will be…
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Lower power rates expected
Consumers are expected to benefit from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)’s reset of power transmission rates, with households consuming 200 kilowatt hours seen saving as much as P47.52 in their monthly electricity bills. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, vice chairman of the Senate committee on energy, said a reset of power transmission rates by the ERC, which…
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Presidents were fair game for slain radioman-vlogger
The Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation are separately investigating the killing of a radio broadcaster and vlogger who was known for his sharp criticisms of former President Rodrigo Duterte and the policies and officials under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., officials said on Tuesday. Percival Mabasa, popularly known as Percy Lapid, had been critical of “red-tagging”…
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Register Your SIM or Risk Deactivation, Filipinos Urged
With Filipinos plagued daily by spam text messages, the Lower and Upper House have introduced the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act, which could be the first law to be signed and enacted by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. It hopes to address mobile-related criminal activities. The bill also seeks to deactivate the SIM cards of…
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Capitol recovers Centcom lots; 5,000 families face loss of homes
CLOSE to 5,000 households living in 10 sitios in Barangay Apas, Cebu City could lose their homes after officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) turned over the titles of 17.5 hectares of land currently occupied by the AFP’s Visayas Command headquarters in Camp Lapu-Lapu to…
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Press Secretary Angeles resigns due to ‘health reasons’
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has stepped down from her post, Malacañang said on Tuesday, Oct. 4 Angeles tendered her resignation on Tuesday, Oct. 4, due to health reasons. This was confirmed by Angeles herself and two other Palace officials. “I tendered my resignation this morning, effective end of business hours today. Due to health reasons,”…
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P1.04 billion released for health workers’ allowance
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1.04 billion in COVID allowance for over 55,000 health care workers in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman approved the release of P1.04 billion to the Department of Health (DOH) to cover for the special risk allowance (SRA) of eligible public and private health workers involved…
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