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A SENIOR vice chair of the House committee on appropriations yesterday said there seems to be an overpricing in the procurement of COVID-19 test kits under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD), the same observation made by some senators in the previous 18th Congress.
A SENIOR police officer linked to a rubout case in Atimonan, Quezon 11 years ago has been designated as the chief of police of Davao City.
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has apprehended over 6,000 individuals considered as high-value targets in the continuing anti-drug operations of the Marcos Jr. administration.
ALTHOUGH the underemployment numbers are showing some improvement, some 23 million workers remain under contractual employment schemes, according to the Federation of Free Workers (FFW).
THE Parents Against Vape (PAV) yesterday slammed the Justice Department of Justice for giving the green light to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to receive donations from individuals and businesses linked to the tobacco industry.
THE University of the Philippines-Diliman yesterday said it will deploy more security personnel and urged the public to be more vigilant after a stabbing incident on campus last Monday night.
THE chair of the House committee on aquaculture and fisheries resources yesterday urged Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to file criminal charges against blacklisted importers of fish and other food products who are involved in the illicit trade.
THE Sandiganbayan Third Division has convicted 15 former executives of three government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) and two officers of non-government organizations (NGOs) over 36 criminal charges filed by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2017.