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How sick is Philippine healthcare? The average life expectancy of a Filipino in the Philippines is 71 years. It’s like on the average, people who retire at age 65 only have virtually five more years to live.
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Need for real change In his penultimate State of the Nation Address, President Duterte took a swipe at the oligarchs who have pervaded Philippine society and amassed vast amounts of wealth at the expense of millions of Filipinos.
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SLAMCI launches global equity fund Sun Life Asset Management Co. Inc. has launched a new global equity fund, as it emphasized the need to diversify investments to manage risks in case of shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WTTC issues guidelines on travel insurance The World Travel and Tourism Council has released new normal guidelines for travel insurance aimed at rebuilding consumer confidence.
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Alden colors his world royal blue Call him Mr. Clean because Alden Richards is really that...with a spotlessly clean image.
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Life at a distance For Pierre Verger, it was the scenes of the Philippines teetering between one century and another that made the Philippines so special. It was raw and real but also civilized and European.
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Who would you spend eternal lockdown with? It’s odd, but the movie that feels like it captures, for me, the reality of living under COVID lockdown for almost half a year now is the recent Adam Sandberg comedy Palm Springs, which had a Sundance Film Festival premiere in January 2020 shortly before the world as we know it ended.
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‘Oh Gosh, September, Pasko Na!’ Sa wakas nung last Thursday ay nairaos na —First Birthday sa New Normal ng aming programa!
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A wonderful escape What does one do when she sees her outer world slowly crumbling, when she is dissatisfied with everything going on outside her small apartment?
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Alisah Bonaobra showcases her ‘golden voice’ in latest single Alisah Bonaobra is one artist who chases her dreams no matter what it takes so she wouldn’t live with regrets.
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Dindo now a tropical storm, but not expected to hit Philippines directly Weather disturbance Dindo intensified into a tropical storm late Saturday night, the state weather bureau said.
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ASUS VivoBook S14, VivoBook S15 launches in the Philippines The ASUS VivoBook S14 and VivoBook S15 are now official in the Philippines. The post ASUS VivoBook S14, VivoBook S15 launches in the Philippines appeared first on Technobaboy.com.
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School opening remains an open question IN this season of uncertainties, one of the biggest is the safety of classes that are due to open late this month for the start of the 2020-21 school year. As of last Wednesday, the Department of Education said a total of 22,223,806 students had listed up to indicate their intention to enroll in […]
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‘We hear the call’: Manila archdiocese to briefly suspend public religious activities Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the Manila archdiocese would not hold public religious activities from Aug. 3 to 14 in response to calls by medical groups to place Manila under ECQ again.
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Summary dismissal power of PNP chief Dear PAO, After several policemen got involved in the killing of Army personnel in Sulu and in the alleged murder of a teenage girl complainant in Ilocos Sur, I heard that the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief would place those involved in the incidents under restrictive custody in their respective camps. Is restrictive custody tantamount […]
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Britain delays lifting lockdown LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put some of the country’s next steps out of lockdown on hold Friday (Saturday in Manila) with just a few hours’ notice, saying the number of new coronavirus cases was on the rise for the first time since May. The government’s top medical adviser warned that it was impossible […]
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Converge ict doubles internet bandwidth Converge ICT, the country’s first pure end-to-end fiber internet provider, has doubled its bandwidth to PHOpenIX, the only open and neutral internet exchange in the country that enables the exchanges of internet traffic in a free-market environment among local internet and data service carriers. Aimed at optimizing internet usage in the country, PHOpenIX, is operated […]
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FDCP highlights Top 20 accomplishments (Part 2) Still in line with the State of the Nation Address, which President Rodrigo Duterte delivered on Monday, I continue the rundown of achievements by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) from July 2016 to June 2020. This list completes the Agency’s Top 20 Accomplishments led by the signing of the Department of Labor […]
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Venezuela turns arena into quarantine area CARACAS: Venezuela’s president has unveiled hundreds of hospital beds set up inside a sports dome in the capital of Caracas as his government prepares for a possible wave of coronavirus infections. President Nicolás Maduro went on state TV to show off the converted complex Friday (Saturday in Manila) as he urged Venezuelans to stop throwing […]
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Manila to allocate P200M to purchase Covid vaccine The Manila city government will earmark P200 million in its 2021 budget to buy a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine that would be given to its residents for free once it becomes available, its mayor said. The “local government is already preparing [for this initiative], so Vice Mayor [Maria Sheilah “Honey”] Lacuña and the [city] […]
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Southeast Asia has a chance to build back better post-pandemic BY SAMIRA SADEQUE UNITED NATIONS: Southeast Asia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been efficient, but some areas such as data privacy, measures to go back to normalcy after lockdown is lifted and resources for migrant or transient populations will need addressing. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said while the pandemic has introduced new challenges in […]
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Parents can now avail of DepEd-compliant e-learning tools Incoming students can now avail of a convenient and affordable gadget bundle to help them participate in online classes this school year through a new partnership of Smart Communications Inc. and Acer Philippines. Under this partnership, parents can avail of the Smart School Bundle, which consists of an Acer Aspire 5 laptop and a Smart […]
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Gatchalian: Pass my ‘better normal’ bill SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate basic education, arts and culture committee, is pushing for the passage of his “Education in the Better Normal” bill that will help accelerate the digital transformation of the Department of Education (DepEd). Gatchalian said the measure, when enacted into law, would help boost the creation of the Public Education […]

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