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MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos can rest assured that next year’s national budget would be in line with the programs of the executive department, the chairman of the appropriations committee of the House of Representatives said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has proven himself on top of the situation when he acknowledged in his State of the Nation Address that prices of rice – ranging from P45 to P65 per kilo – remain high and that greater focus on the agriculture sector is needed, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — As the Philippines grapples with the devastation caused by Typhoon Carina and monsoon rains, Vice President Sara Duterte and her family left the country for Germany.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) will broaden the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s strategic depth to project Philippine forces up to the furthest limits of its exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf in the West Philippines Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. said yesterday.
People especially in Marikina compared the heavy rainfall and torrential flooding to what was unleashed by Tropical Storm Ondoy in late September 2009. The stories and images were familiar: cars being swept away by floods in Manila; floodwaters rising so quickly people could not flee in time to safer ground, and were instead forced to scramble to the second floor or the rooftops of their homes. At the Quezon City Science Garden, the amount of rainfall reportedly even surpassed what was experienced during the onslaught of Ondoy.
MANILA, Philippines — The estimated 20,000 foreign workers of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and Internet Gaming Licensees (IGL) have 60 days or until Sept. 24 to leave the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced yesterday.
ALBAY Rep. Edcel Lagman, president of the opposition Liberal Party (LP) praised what he said was President Marcos Jr’s “well-delivered” state of the nation address (SONA) last Monday.
THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) yesterday said it will cancel the licenses it has issued to 43 Internet Gaming Licensees (IGLs) following President Marcos Jr.’s order of a total ban on the offshore gambling industry during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. The President gave the Pagcor until the end of the year to stop the operation