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New ways of earning(Second of three parts)
Yes, there’s money outside of showbiz
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Fr. Tito Caluag’s Top 3 ways to not lose hope
If there is one busy and visible personality in this community quarantine period, it is none other than Fr. Carmelo “Tito” Caluag, or simply Fr. Tito, who is also an educator. The weekly show Journeys of Hope on iWant formally makes him a digital show host, too.
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EDITORIAL - Make the timeout count
The two-week “timeout” is not intended to flatten the coronavirus disease 2019 curve, but to give medical frontliners a break from surging COVID-19 cases and allow the government to recalibrate its pandemic response.
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Duterte blinks as frontliners gripe
With COVID-19 cases surging past the 100,000 mark and public health frontliners asking for better handling of the crisis, President Duterte has approved the return of Mega Manila to a strict modified enhanced community quarantine from Aug. 4 to 18.
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Sabah will always be part of the Philippines
Yesterday evening, I had a Zoom interview with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno.
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A responsibility, not a reprieve
This year is the 20th year of publication of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report from the US State Department.
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Duterte slams critics, chides frontliners
For airing their grievances in public, doctors and health workers were chided on Sunday by President Duterte, who accused them of trying to “demean” the government.
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Back to ECQ? ‘We no longer have money’
The government cannot afford to enforce another lockdown in Metro Manila, as resources are no longer enough to provide food and financial aid to affected communities, President Duterte said.
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Recently opened businesses to close – DTI
With Metro Manila and the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal back to a stricter modified enhanced community quarantine, the Department of Trade and Industry said businesses which recently reopened including dine-in restaurants, barber shops, salons and gyms would have to temporarily close again.
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Senate probe: PhilHealth chief faces accusers
Philippine Health Insurance Corp. president Ricardo Morales and other ranking officials of the state firm are expected to face their accusers today at the start of the Senate inquiry into alleged multibillion-peso corruption in the agency.
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Duterte gives LGUs 3 days to process telco permits
President Duterte has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government to hold accountable local government units that fail to process in three days pending applications of telecommunications companies to build cell sites or towers.
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Former king Juan Carlos to leave Spain after scandal reports
Spain's former king Juan Carlos has told his son, King Felipe VI, that he decided to leave Spain, the royal house said in a statement on Monday, after corruption allegations about him had surfaced in recent weeks.
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Phinma acquires Laguna college for P449 million
THE EDUCATION UNIT of Phinma Corp. has invested P449 million to buy a controlling stake in a Laguna-based college to beef up its portfolio. In a disclosure to the exchange on Monday, the company said Phinma Education Holdings, Inc. has closed a share and asset purchase agreement with Rizal College of Laguna, Inc. on July 31. Phinma Education bought 300 shares representing 100% of Rizal College’s outstanding shares at P1.5 million each, resulting in a total investment of P448.76 million. ...
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SM Prime earnings nearly halved on mall closures
EARNINGS of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. dropped 46% to P10.4 billion in the first half of 2020, due to some P11 billion in waived rent and rental discounts to mall tenants during the coronavirus-related lockdown. In a statement, Monday, the operator of the country’s largest mall network said its consolidated revenues fell 23% to P43.7 billion during the six months to June. Revenues from Philippine malls were slashed 49% to P14.4 billion, pulling rent income down 44% to P13.1 billion. ...
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New AFP chief eyes social media regulation
THE new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) wants a provision that will include the regulation of social media under the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay on Monday explained that social media was being used by terrorists as a […]
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Vatican: Ex-pope Benedict's condition 'not particularly worrying'
The Vatican, responding to a German newspaper report that former Pope Benedict's condition was serious, said it was "not particularly worrying" and that he was overcoming the acute phase of a painful but not grave ailment.
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Tempo Front Page August 4, 2020
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Welcome news in these difficult times
THERE was good news for the millions of customers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) this July. It announced that its customers would be paying P1.06 per kilowatt hour less for the first six months of 2020 than what they used to pay for the first six months of the previous year 2019. From […]
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PNP says ready for new MECQ in Metro Manila, nearby provinces
The Philippine National Police is ready for the reimplementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa said Monday.
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SM Pampanga opens drive-in theater in midst of pandemic
IN THE late 1940s until the 1960s, drive-in cinemas abounded in the US as more and more people were able to buy vehicles. Decades later, the proliferation of TV, cable, and video rentals signaled the decline of these cinemas. Now, with the pandemic making going out to the movies a health and safety risk, SM Cinemas is trying to bring back drive-in cinemas as a “fun and safe movie watching” option, according to a cinema executive. ...
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Netflix screening more Pinoy movies in August
IN JUNE, streaming service Netflix introduced five Filipino films to its slate including critically acclaimed films such as 2016’s Pamilya Ordinaryo (Ordinary People) and Untrue (2019). This August the service is adding 15 more films to its content library, mostly romantic films such as Love the Way U Lie and Write About Love. “We are happy that our local distribution companies are continuously engaging with these international companies to expand their audience. ...
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ABS-CBN doubles down on online presence
FACEBOOK.COM/ABSCBNNETWORK ABS-CBN’s failure to renew its broadcast franchise may have stopped it from showing its programs on free TV but it didn’t stop the embattled network from airing its programs online, doubling down on its online presence via Facebook and YouTube. Called Kapamilya Online Live, the network started streaming its programs live on the ABS-CBN Facebook and YouTube pages on Aug. ...
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Philex profit rises on high gold prices
PHILEX MINING CORP. posted an attributable first-half income of P424.55 million, up 8.5% from a year ago due favorable gold prices and sustained momentum in its business operations since the third quarter of last year. In the second quarter alone, it reported to the stock exchange a core net income of P299.51 million, without disclosing the comparative figure a year ago. But it said core income in the first quarter was at P102.72 million. ...
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