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‘Free’ movies for seniors, PWDs cost Makati gov’t P18M

August 17, 2019 admin Headlines, Latest News Stories, makati free movies, Metro, Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, senior citizens, william dayrit

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:55:54 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Those “free” movies are not totally free after all. The local government of Makati City said it paid more than P18 million in the first half of the year for movie tickets given to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). In a report by the accounting department’s officer in charge William […]

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Basilan opens ‘House of Peace’ to help ex-Abus start anew

August 17, 2019 admin 4th Special Forces Battalion, abu sayyaf, baithus salam, Headlines, house of peace, Latest News Stories, reformation, Regions

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:50:01 +0000

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — Inside the sprawling camp of the Philippine Army’s 4th Special Forces Battalion in Isabela City, Basilan, stands a newly built one-story facility. There is nothing extraordinary about the building that houses an office, sleeping quarters and a prayer room, among others. But its name — Baithus Salam, or […]

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FACES OF THE NEWS: Aug. 18, 2019

August 17, 2019 admin Faces of the News, gretchen diez, Headlines, Jayson Castro, Latest News Stories, Monique Wilson, Nation, Persida Rueda-Acosta, Ronald dela Rosa

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:45:20 +0000

Persida Rueda-Acosta It seems anti-Dengvaxia crusader and Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta is facing a mutiny. In an anonymous manifesto, several ranking lawyers from the PAO’s central office exposed Acosta’s alleged entrenched and systemic corruption. The lawyers, who said they had knowledge of the goings on in Acosta’s office, said she had […]

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Roque mulls charges vs PhilHealth execs

August 17, 2019 admin fraudulent claims, Harry Roque, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, Philhealth

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:40:39 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Harry Roque plans to file criminal cases against current and former officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. who allegedly allowed payments for fraudulent claims and approved the accreditation of hospitals supposedly involved in questionable practices. Roque said on Saturday that he was willing to file the cases for free, if […]

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Palace on Duterte: He’s well but very busy

August 17, 2019 admin Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, Rodrigo Duterte

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:35:14 +0000

President: Cory popular for losing Ninoy ‘in hands of Marcos’

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang assured the public that the President was well and focusing on work although he had not been seen in public since a police anniversary event in Camp Crame on Aug. 9. “I just talked to him,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters during a gathering of Chinese-Filipino businessmen in Quezon City […]

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Autopsy of EJK victims pushed

August 17, 2019 admin autopsy, drug war killings, EJKs, extrajudicial killings, Francis Pangilinan, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:30:44 +0000

‘Drug war helped Du30 suppress opposition’

MANILA, Philippines — Recalling the police killing of teenager Kian delos Santos on Aug. 16, 2017, Sen. Francis Pangilinan again pushed for the mandatory autopsy of people who died under questionable circumstances. Prevailing civil registry rules already require autopsies of those who died under questionable circumstances but Pangilinan’s proposal would make it a matter of […]

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28 vie for 2 seats in Supreme Court

August 17, 2019 admin Antonio Carpio, francis jardeleza, Headlines, JBC, Judicial and Bar Council, Latest News Stories, Nation, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:25:44 +0000

SC urged to review constitutionality of legal education reform, PhilSAT

MANILA, Philippines — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Friday bared the list of 28 final applicants to the two Supreme Court seats to be vacated by Justices Francis Jardeleza and Antonio Carpio who are retiring on Sept. 26 and Oct. 26, respectively, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. The JBC, in […]

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Antonia E. Bacasmas; 87

August 17, 2019 admin antonia elemia bacasmas, Headlines, Latest News Stories, obituary, Regions

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:15:09 +0000

Antonia Elemia Bacasmas of Roseller T. Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay province, mother of Inquirer photographer Edwin E. Bacasmas, died on Aug. 16. She was 87. She is survived by her children Ernaldo and wife Myrna; Ejojita Mary Bacasmas-Dapat and husband Feliciano Jr.; Ernesto Jr.; Edmund and wife Yolanda; Edwin and wife Maricar; Elmer and wife Arlene; […]

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To Laguna couple, natural farming comes with a heart

August 17, 2019 admin forest wood garden, Headlines, joel frago, Latest News Stories, myrna frago, natural farming, Regions

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:10:37 +0000

SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — Couple Joel and Myrna Frago, both 53, spoke at great length about natural farming — the practical knowledge they so willingly shared with farmers, students and young entrepreneurs. But perhaps another takeaway from visiting Forest Wood Garden in this city in Laguna province was seeing the Fragos not only […]

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