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Fire BI, DOLE execs behind entry of illegal Chinese workers – Pangilinan

February 24, 2019 admin BI, Chinese, chinese workers, dole, duterte, Filipinos, Latest News Stories, Nation, news updates, Sen. Pangilinan

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:52:58 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The dismissal from service of officials and employees of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) who allowed the entry of thousands of illegal Chinese workers in the country is being pushed by Senator Francis Pangilinan.

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Andaya: If cash budgeting legal, why ask House OK?

February 21, 2019 admin Budget, cash-based budgeting, Congress, diokno, government, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, news updates, Rolando Andaya Jr., veto

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:14:45 +0000

House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Thursday questioned Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s insistence that the government could impose cash-based budgeting even after it was deleted in the approved 2019 spending budget.

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5 dead in Benguet forest fire

February 21, 2019 admin Benguet, five dead, forest fire, foresters, Headlines, Itogon, Latest News Stories, news updates, philex mining, Regions

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:48:11 +0000

Five men were killed on Wednesday while helping put out a fire that razed a 60-hectare forest area in Benguet province.

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Full moon turns into spectacle in Bohol

February 21, 2019 admin Bohol, celestial, full moon, Headlines, healers, heavens, Latest News Stories, lila, Moon, news updates, Regions, sky, snow moon, super moon, supernatural, tagbilaran, witchcraft

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:36:58 +0000

It would have been an ordinary full moon last Tuesday had it not been for crowds that gathered outside their homes here to watch the spectacle that believers in the supernatural took as a cue to practice witchcraft or pray to the heavens.

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DOH urged to account for P7.43-B budget

February 21, 2019 admin anakalusugan party-list, children, Church, DoH, Headlines, info campaign, Latest News Stories, measles, mike defensor, news updates, p7.43-b budget, Regions, Vaccination, vaccine

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:14:11 +0000

As the measles death toll reached 136 since Jan. 1, the Anakalusugan party-list group challenged the Department of Health (DOH) to account for how it spent its P7.43-billion budget for its immunization program in 2018.

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Ejercito hails signing of Universal Healthcare bill into law

February 20, 2019 admin duterte, HEALTH, JV Ejercito, Latest News Stories, Nation, news updates, universal healthcare bill

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:56:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday lauded the signing of the Universal Healthcare Act that would provide all Filipinos with health care coverage and benefits.

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Palace: Andaya should stop lawyering for DPWH contractors

February 17, 2019 admin andaya, Contractors, dpwh, news updates, p100 billion, Palace, Panelo, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:38:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. should not lawyer for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contractors whom he alleged were not paid over P100 billion in 2018 by the government, Malacañang said on Monday.

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De Lima: Supporters of lowered age of criminal responsibility are heartless monsters

January 22, 2019 admin De Lima, Latest News Stories, minimum age of criminal responsibility, Nation, news updates

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:55:16 +0000

Detained Senator Leila de Lima tagged as ‘heartless monsters’ those who are in favor of lowering the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 years old to nine.

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SC orders DBM to comment on delayed perks for state workers

January 21, 2019 admin andaya, benefits, DBM, diokno, government workers, Latest News Stories, Nation, news updates, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:19:49 +0000

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to comment on the petition filed by Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on the release the fourth tranche of benefits for state workers.

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