
Millions of Thais banish the booze for Buddhist Lent
SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AFP) — With her palms pressed together and her head bowed, Wassana Nak-umma vowed to give up alcohol for three months, joining millions…
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SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AFP) — With her palms pressed together and her head bowed, Wassana Nak-umma vowed to give up alcohol for three months, joining millions…
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The government has established a P60-billion incentive program for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers as the Philippines seeks to attract large-scale…
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As the Senate impeachment court prepares to scrutinize how more than P600 million in confidential funds were spent, a former law school dean on Saturday…
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National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag lamented the smear operations he said are being employed to destroy political rivals, saying,…
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For the past several years, the mystery surrounding the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee Foundation Inc. remained unsolved.
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He has not even warmed his seat, and already a Cabinet secretary is facing a complaint for allegedly violating Presidential Decree 1869 and Republic Act 6713,…
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Finance Secretary and investment czar Frederick Go on Friday welcomed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to lift the seven-year moratorium on new…
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When the country hosted the 30th Southeast Asian Games in 2019, we knew that the narrative should not just be about world-class performances, national pride…
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A certain public office occupant sits on a debt that refuses to age gracefully and may become the source of serious problems in the coming years, Nosy Tarsee’s…
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Lacson dismissed Cayetano’s supposed offer as ‘hypocrisy aimed at buying time to recover and reconsolidate for his next sneaky move.’
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He has used the authority sparingly, and mostly on items that were already indefensible, not on every project that bled the GAA dry.
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Finance Secretary Frederick Go on Wednesday led the turnover of more than ₱205 million in proceeds from the Bureau of Customs…
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Vice President Sara Duterte accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of trying to rewrite the narrative surrounding the government’s multibillion-peso flood…
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A senator’s chief of staff (CoS) has had enough. After what insiders described as months of quiet suffering, the CoS is finally walking away — his resignation…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday visited the People's Ville housing project in Barangay Riverside, Calinan District, highlighting the administration's…
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National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has done a lot for the country and is very serious about the…
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‘Resilience is not built when disaster arrives. It is cultivated long before the first drop of rainfalls.’
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a new avenue for companies to raise capital after issuing rules governing Sukuk, allowing firms to tap…
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