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Agri sector gets only a fourth of Yolanda rehab funds – budget watchdog
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly two years after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) first made landfall in Eastern Samar, only a fourth of the funding requirement for the agricultural sector has been...
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Reformat the gov't: Yaya Dub hackers hold Million Mask March
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - On Thursday, November 5, ‘hacktivist’ group Anonymous Philippine's hosted its Philippine rally of the internationally-organized Million Mask March. The Anonymous-led march swept...
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Fil-Ams demand China exit from disputed sea
CALIFORNIA, USA – While Filipino Americans celebrated The Hague arbitral tribunal ruling in favor of the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China, they lost no time in challenging the Asian...
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DBM to recommend P3.35-T national budget for 2017
MANILA, Philippines – Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno announced on Thursday, July 14, that he will recommend a P3.35-trillion national budget for 2017 to President Rodrigo Duterte.The amount is 11.6%...
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Duterte admin to drop expanded BUB program – Diokno
MANILA, Philippines – The Duterte administration is dropping the expanded version of the grassroots program, Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) used by its predecessor, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno...
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Kuwait sets minimum wage for maids in first for Gulf
KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait has set a minimum wage for its hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian domestic workers, in a first for Gulf states which have come under widespread accusations of abuse.A decree...
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Lawmaker wants crisis management team for laid-off Middle East OFWs
MANILA, Philippines – To assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were laid off due to the "economic downturn” in the Middle East, ACTS-OFW representative John R. Bertiz III proposed on Thursday,...
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P2.6 billion spent on CSR programs in 2015 - LCF
MANILA, Philippines – With a staunch promise to prioritize poverty alleviation programs, the League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) affirmed its commitment to sustainable and meaningful corporate social...
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TIMELINE: anti-corruption initiatives in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has a long history of corruption embedded in its institutions. Historians say that the narratives go as far back as the Spanish era when encomienderos, or the tax...
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CODE-NGO to Diokno: Reconsider plan to drop BUB
MANILA, Philippines – Reconsider the decision to scrap the Bottom up Budget (BuB) program. This was the appeal of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno...
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When a child raises a child
MANILA, Philippines – She moved in with her “husband” at 13.The age of consent under Philippines laws is 12, one of the lowest in the world.Although not married, they call each other “asawa” (spouse)....
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WATCH: 5 things OFWs in Turkey shouldn't do after the coup
MANILA, Philippines – Families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Turkey need not worry: the bloody coup attempt in the Middle Eastern country, did not hurt any of the nearly 3,500 Filipinos...
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Environment groups call on Duterte to end coal projects
MANILA, Philippines – Climate advocates are asking the Duterte administration to ban new coal-fired power projects and instead prioritize the national energy policy review that was launched by the...
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Butuan disaster official: Information key to risk reduction
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — “Kahadlok (Scary). Traumatic.”These were the first words that Philippine Coast Guard Captain of Arms Randy Gallarion stated as he recalled his experience in rescuing people...
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UP group lauds Duterte's efforts to seek peace
MANILA, Philippines – An alliance of peace advocates in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman lauded the peace efforts of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. KALINAW UP, a broad...
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Netizens on #CorruptionPH: Come forward to report cases
MANILA, Philippines – The country remains perceived as one of the most corrupt nations in the Asia-Pacific region.In the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2015, for instance, the Philippines slid...
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UP Visayas' first summa cum laude is next student regent
MANILA, Philippines – Raoul Manuel, who graduated as the first Summa Cum Laude of the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas with a degree in BS Applied Math in 2015, is set to serve as the 34th UP...
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ASEAN architect: Higher standards needed in PH architecture
MANILA, Philippines – ASEAN-accredited architect and Frima Global Home Corporation President Robert Mirafuente called for the raising of standards in the field of architecture in the Philippines by...
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Frustration, anger over NAIA runway closure
MANILA, Philippines – Stranded and tired passengers who were affected by the emergency closure in one of the runways of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) aired their frustration on social...
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UN PH chief: 'Social enterprises means to achieving SDGs'
MANILA, Philippines – Just like all correctional facilities in the Philippines, the Naga City Jail looked no different. The women inmates lived in cramped prison cells with barely no room for...
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