Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 04:42:35 +0000
I am sure he will visit. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said when asked if President Rodrigo Duterte will be visiting Batanes following the earthquake.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:30:55 +0000
Factory worker Geraldine Gomez felt that President Duterte gave her and many other contractual employees false hopes when he promised in his 2016 presidential campaign an end to contractualization in the workforce.
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:15:05 +0000
President Duterte said suspending the importation of rice during the harvest seasons would be a “happy compromise” between helping boost farmers’ income and making sure the staple would be available year-round.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:54:41 +0000
It was a comedy of errors seemingly inappropriate for a somber occasion on June 25, 1999 at the National Penitentiary—convicted child rapist Eduardo Agbayani was about to be executed by lethal injection.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:36:08 +0000
An energy and environment think tank has called on the Duterte administration to issue an executive order to fast-track the development
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:16:28 +0000
President Duterte may consider Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia’s suggestion that the security of tenure bill needed “tweaking”
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:59:20 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday raised the bounty for the killers of four policemen in Negros Oriental province to P3 million, saying the reward could go up to as much as P20 million.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:02:15 +0000
Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to convene the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) to fast-track the passage of the priority measures of the Chief Executive.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:50:57 +0000
At least 16 bills mentioned in the President’s Sona have a “high chance” of getting the Senate’s approval, Senate President Tito Sotto said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:44:51 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Government supporters came to the defense of President Rodrigo Duterte against the critics of his foreign policy. “Palibhasa itong mga to ay walang kamag-anak na pwedeng pag-initan sa Hong Kong, Taipei, China. Eh tayong naghihikahos, kailangan natin magpakabuti at kaibiganin ang China sapagkat meron tayong mga kamaganak na OFW (overseas Filipino workers),” […]
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