Manila Doctors Hospital recognizes Office of the Vice President as a "consistent partner"
Manila, Philippines -- The Manila Doctors Hospital (MDH) has named the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as one of its “Top 10 Most Consistent Partners.”
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Navalny -- the Russian opposition leader who defied and died
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to say his name in public.
DA chief advises NFA officials in rice sale controversy to take voluntary leave
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. on Friday suggested that National Food Authority (NFA) officials currently being investigated in relation to the controversial sale of rice buffer stocks to take voluntary leave of absence to give investigators a free-hand to do their work.
Owner of loose ostriches indicted
MANILA, Philippines — The owner of two ostriches that ran loose in a private subdivision in Quezon City at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, one of which later died due to alleged extreme stress, was indicted and is set to undergo trial.
Supreme Court disbars ex-BOC exec for ‘sale’ of seized car
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has disbarred a lawyer who used his position as a former director of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pretend to sell vehicles seized by the agency.
Senior moments
As of 2020, there were 9,242,121 senior citizens or those above 60 years old in this country, as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
DA chief eyes faster hog industry recovery from ASF, bats for Guinness Record try
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. on Friday pledged to help fast track the local hog industry’s recovery from the ill-effects of the African Swine Fever (ASF).
SWS: Optimism on economy lowest since pandemic
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who expect the economy to improve within the year has dropped to its lowest since the height of the pandemic, the 2023 fourth quarter survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.