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P2.1 billion in excess rice tariffs to be used for crop diversification The Department of Agriculture will utilize P2.1 billion in excess tariffs from rice imports to diversify farmers’ crops and expand their insurance coverage.
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PAL offloads its excess baggage Ripping through turbulent skies, Lucio Tan-owned Philippine Airlines is getting rid of all the extra weight.
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Megaworld completes $350 million bond offering Megaworld Corp., the Andrew Tan-led property giant, has successfully completed its $350-million dollar-denominated senior unsecured fixed rate notes offering, proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes, which include financing capital expenditure, land banking and refinancing of loans.
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Vista Land allots P25 billion for capex Villar-owned Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. is alloting P25 billion for capital expenditures for the year, of which the company has already spent P6.5 billion in the first quarter.
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1,350 motorcyclists nabbed for violating barrier rule More than a thousand motorcycle riders were apprehended by law enforcers during the first two days of the government’s strict implementation of the no “physical barriers, no back-ride” policy, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.
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Congress urged to pass housing measures The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development yesterday reiterated the call of President Duterte for Congress to pass measures that would support the government’s housing programs for the poor and informal settler families.
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Pasig River ferry service reopens today The Pasig River ferry service will resume operations today at limited passenger capacity, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced yesterday.
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Girl, 2, dies in road crash A two-year-old girl died after she fell off a tricycle and was run over by a bus in Tondo, Manila on Saturday night.
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Nurse slain in Palawan ambush A nurse was killed while a driver was wounded when a group of armed men opened fire at an ambulance in Roxas, Palawan on Saturday.
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Traffic cop nabbed for extortion A traffic policeman accused of extortion was arrested in a sting in Zamboanga City on Friday afternoon.
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Vice mayor sued for quarantine breach Three frontliners have filed a complaint against Tabuk City Vice Mayor Bernard Glenn Dao-as for allegedly violating quarantine rules imposed by the government to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.
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Hanjin takeover to push through amid pandemic The plan of an American private equity firm and an Australian shipbuilding company to take over the former site of the bankrupt South Korean firm Hanjin in Subic will push through, although it has been hampered by the pandemic, the Philippine Navy said yesterday.
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PayMaya-processed transactions soar 900% Transactions processed by digital financial services firm PayMaya from partner government agencies soared significantly in a span of one year as digitalization in the public sector accelerated.
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No monkey business in coconut farming Philippine coconut industry stakeholder, led by the Philippine Coconut Authority, say there is no monkey business in the local coco farming practice.
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Jesus, I know You’ve won the battle over evil and darkness. Jesus, I know You’ve won the battle over evil and darkness. Would You help me to live this out?
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At home in Hong Kong with Belle & Adrien I learned that I don’t need much to be happy, just my family to be safe and healthy, and a yummy meal.’
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Unleashing Antique’s Golden Age Deputy Speaker and Representative of the Lone District of Antique Loren Legarda was a three-term Senator, emerging number one twice in the 1998 and 2007 senatorial elections, and ranked second in 2013.
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Room without a window At the desk where I work at home in my library-cum-man-cave I face a wall without open windows, which can be confining and depressing, except that it’s the way I like things to be, if I want to get anything done. In my light-headed moments, I think that it would be nice to have a home office perched on top of the house, overlooking everything else, preferably water on one side and a grove of trees on the other.
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In lieu of an effigy, burn this Burn this instead, and let the flames and smoke say a prayer of thanks to the departed.
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Do’s & don'ts I follow during Ghost Month The Philippines has been under quarantine for over four months, the longest lockdown in the world.
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EDITORIAL - Community vigilance Nobody likes busybodies, and it’s unfortunate that the call of the government for community vigilance in COVID transmission has been likened to “chismosos and chismosas” snooping on their neighbors.
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Medical frontlines who call for timeout are not enemies On Rody Duterte's bidding, government's pandemic task force is to convene today.
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‘That’s diplomacy,’ Locsin style Angry exchange of words over Twitter posts last week broke open wide again old wounds, so to speak.

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