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ZUBIRI BATS FOR MORE INVESTMENT PITCHES FOR PH

As a party to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement, the Philippine government should formulate better investment pitches for prospective foreign investors to successfully land more investments for the country. Former Senate President Migz Zubiri made this statement during the hearing of the Senate Special Oversight Committee on the RCEP Agreement chaired by Senate […]

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LIBANAN BACKS P1B FUND FOR MARAWI SIEGE VICTIMS

House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has declared his support for Malacañang’s plan to provide another P1 billion in new appropriations for the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Fund. “No expense should be spared to enable the residents of Marawi City to rebuild and renew their lives,” Libanan, a 4Ps party-list representative, said. “We must […]

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MANILA IS DTI’S 2ND MOST COMPETITIVE CITY IN PH

The City of Manila has once again proven its excellence, bagging multiple awards at the 2024 Department of Trade and Industry’s Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) awarding ceremony recently.  Manila Vice-Mayor Yul Servo Nieto and Project Development Officer Aimee Sarmiento proudly received the awards on behalf of the city. Under the Highly Urbanized Cities […]

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LEE TO PINOYS: STRENGTHEN RESOLVE AMID WPS TENSION

In this year’s National Heroes Day, Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee reiterated his call to strengthen resolve, defense and deterrence in protecting the country’s territory as he underscored the plight of Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) who continuously suffer from China’s aggressions. According to Lee, the recent incident of China Coast Guard vessels […]

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P12.5M DORM FOR BACOLOD ATHLETES BREAKS GROUND

Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez led the groundbreaking ceremony for the P12.5-million athletes’ dormitory. The dorm is inside the campus of Romanito P. Maravilla Sr. National High School, the home of the track and field champions in Bacolod City. The event featured a motorcade parade with athletes, starting at the Bacolod City Government Center going […]

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TOURISM INFRA PROJECTS TO GET P6.4B IN 2025 BUDGET

Tourism destinations throughout the country can count on another P6.4 billion in fresh national government funding to further develop their access roads, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, said. “We have the sum of P6.4 billion for the Tourism Road Infrastructure Program (TRIP) in the 2025 national budget,” […]

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PHILHEALTH URGED: SCRAP SINGLE CONFINEMENT POLICY

“Dapat masanay kang tumulong sa mahihirap,” Senate Committee on Health Chairperson Senator Bong Go said as he urged Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) CEO and President Emmanuel Ledesma, Jr., to scrap its single period of confinement policy. A single period of confinement, according to PhilHealth Circular No. 0035, series of 2013, means admissions and readmissions […]

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PADILLA BACKS PH HOSTING OF AFGHAN REFUGEES

The aid extended by the Philippines to Afghan refugees – allowing a limited number of Afghan nationals to go to the Philippines while their US Special Immigrant Visas are being processed – is proof of the compassionate and humane nature of Filipinos. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this in his recent manifestation before the Senate plenary […]

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ESCUDERO BATS FOR PH GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL

Senate President Chiz Escudero renewed his call for the establishment of a general aviation terminal in the Philippines, pointing to the ease with which individuals, like dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, can slip in and out of the country without undergoing the standard inspections by customs and immigration officials. In an interview on the […]

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2 SAMAR PROVINCES DECLARE LIBANAN AS ADOPTED SON

House of Representatives Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has been declared “adopted son” of Northern Samar and Samar via separate resolutions passed by their provincial boards. In Resolution No. 285, the Northern Samar provincial board cited Libanan “for committing himself to the upliftment of the lives of Nortehanons.” The two provinces credited Libanan for his […]