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The Philippines and Singapore have concluded the negotiations for updating a pact entered into by the two neighboring countries nearly five decades ago to prevent double taxation.
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Young filmmakers from Mimaropa turned the struggles, aspirations, and resilience of agrarian reform beneficiaries into cinematic stories, with two films emerging as best films in the second year of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s PelikulAgraryo festival. The 13 entries from 10 production teams representing eight schools across the Mimaropa region
BAGUIO CITY — Seven men, three of them barely out of their teens, were found dead inside a tunnel in the Benguet mining town of Itogon, in an incident that police are investigating as possible gas poisoning. The Itogon Municipal Police Station said the incident may have occurred on Sept. 30 in Sitio Dalicno in
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday appealed to US Immigration authorities for the immediate release of Mark Mabasa, son of slain broadcast journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, who has been detained in California since Sept. 21. Mabasa is being held at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center, according to his
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV urged Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero to prioritize the presentation of evidence over technicalities in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
TACLOBAN CITY — Five individuals formerly linked to the communist insurgency surrendered to police authorities in the Samar provinces within the week, turning over firearms, ammunition, and an explosive device, the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) said. PRO-8 said the surrenderers were identified as former members or supporters of the New People’s Army(NPA), with four
Senator Raffy Tulfo was present at the Senate impeachment court days after YouTube videos falsely claimed he had been arrested
A member of the House panel on banks and financial intermediaries said Friday that the P6.60 final pricing of the initial public offering of Mynt Inc., the parent company of mobile wallet GCash, could bring ownership of the digital platforms within reach of a broader base of Filipino investors.
Tuan Ibrahim says DAP’s pledge should not hinge on former PM paying RM50m fine.
The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday called on its members to avail of the pension fund"s new digital microloan facility, the SSS Micro Loan Program, also known as SSS LoanLite.
Former senator Sonny Trillanes claiming that he was not welcome to the Senate impeachment court is a “baseless assumption,” spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said Friday.
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