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OCEANPORT, United States — US President Joe Biden attended a triple-header of campaign fundraisers Saturday, seeking to reassure high-dollar donors he can still win reelection in November despite a debate performance that sparked panic among many Democrats.
Officials keep saying that the Philippines will transition to upper middle-income status by next year. To successfully navigate this transition, the World Bank has an advice: the country must increase investment in children’s early development.
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The last thing opponents of former president Rodrigo Duterte should want is to have accusations hurled back at them about gross human rights violations. This, however, is happening now as the administration comes down hard on Apollo Quiboloy, pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The compound in Bamban, Tarlac sprawls across nearly eight hectares housing 34 buildings. Another, in Porac, Pampanga has 46 buildings sitting on about 10 hectares. The buildings and structures look new and made of expensive, good quality materials. From the number of work stations in the premises, it looks like the establishments employed thousands of workers.
Since the corruption scandal erupted over the sweetheart deal awarded to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., people have wondered how high up accountability would go. As COVID-19 rampaged and the country was placed under lockdown, the newly established Pharmally, with only P650,000 in capital, bagged an P11.5-billion contract to provide pandemic emergency response supplies including face masks, face shields and personal protective equipment.
With rice prices refusing to go down and even likely to further increase in the coming months, President Marcos will soon issue an executive order reducing the tariff on rice imports from 35 percent to just 15 percent until the end of his term in 2028. This comes on the heels of the final approval by the House of Representatives of a bill that seeks to restore the power of the National Food Authority to import rice during emergency situations.
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