SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez directed a congressional think-tank to assess the feasibility of making the Marcos administration’s P20-per-kilo rice program available to half…
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THE National Government’s (NG) gross borrowing grew 337.28% year on year to P390.06 billion in April as domestic debt surged, the Bureau of the…
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THE P8.01-billion unsolicited proposal submitted by San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to build a toll bridge connecting the resort island of Boracay to the Panay…
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Retail price growth of general goods in the National Capital Region (NCR) grew to its slowest pace in almost five years in April, the…
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THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community Vision 2025, is expected to expand market…
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New doctors, nurses deemed unprepared for challenges of universal health coverage
MANY GRADUATES of healthcare programs are inadequately prepared to operate in a public-health environment, particularly in delivering community medicine in remote areas, the Ateneo…
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THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said on Thursday that it restarted the bidding for the commercialization of passive information and communications technology…
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A RED-STRIPED soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation on Negros island is now affecting 186 hectares (ha) of sugarland, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration…
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THE GOVERNMENT announced plans to more actively intervene in the pork market to address high prices, saying it will expand a direct-sourcing program to…
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THE Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to the fare-setting mechanism of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) extension project, which runs from…