Credit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:19:19 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged Congress to provide a supplemental budget for the construction of big evacuation shelters in disaster-prone areas. In a speech during his visit to Sto. Tomas, Batangas, where he distributed relief aid to evacuees, Duterte asked the House of Representatives to provide P30 billion for the project. “I’m urging Congress […]
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Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:18:17 +0000
BEIJING: A new SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and has reached South Korea, authorities said Monday, fueling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity’s biggest migration. The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has caused […]
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Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:16:26 +0000
DAVOS, Switzerland: The world’s billionaires have doubled in the past decade and are richer than 60 percent of the global population, the charity Oxfam said Monday. It said poor women and girls were at the bottom of the scale, putting in “12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work each and every day,” estimated to be […]
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Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:15:46 +0000
Another Ayala venture could be in the crosshairs of President Rodrigo Duterte’s offensive against corporate giants, which he has accused of defrauding the government through onerous deals. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a radio interview Sunday the Ayala Technohub might also be investigated for paying low rent for the government’s land at the University […]
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Credit to Author: Dempsey Reyes| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:14:34 +0000
Evacuees from the danger zone around Taal Volcano will be allowed to return to their homes to feed their pet animals and livestock. Col. Edwin Quilates, Batangas provincial police chief, said the locked-down areas in the province were given three to four hours to tend to their pets and clear the volcanic ash carpeting their […]
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Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:13:27 +0000
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will give up their royal titles and public funding as part of a settlement with the queen to start a new life away from the British monarchy. The historic announcement from Buckingham Palace on Saturday follows more than a week of intense private talks aimed at managing […]
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Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:19:29 +0000
A congressman said on Friday that the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) should file the case against ABS-CBN before the House of Representatives, not the Supreme Court. Cagayan de Oro Second District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said the quo warranto petitions the OSG plans to bring before the high court could be deemed as “a […]
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Credit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:17:21 +0000
Taal Volcano’s outburst has wreaked havoc on the tilapia and bangus (milkfish) farms in lakeshore towns in Batangas, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported. The owners of 6,000 fish cages in Talisay, Laurel, Agoncillo and San Nicolas absorbed P1.6 billion in losses, DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center said in a statement released […]
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Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:14:56 +0000
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel scored a 105-93 win over Meralco via a blazing fourth-quarter run to capture the Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup crown in Game 5 of their best-of-seven championship series at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City late Friday. Ginebra shook off a sluggish first two quarters to forge […]
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Credit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:12:33 +0000
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde welcomed the filing of charges against him in connection with the alleged recycling of confiscated drugs. In a message to reporters, Albayalde said the recommendation of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to indict him would finally give him his day in court. “My conscience remains clear, and […]
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