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The ban was imposed by his predecessor Aquino.
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a nearly decade-old ban on new mining agreements imposed by his immediate predecessor Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, in a bid to support the government’s ambitious infrastructure push.Duterte, through Executive Order No. 130, said new mining agreements could ...
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The President has reemerged.
President Rodrigo Duterte's health is a "public matter," according to 65% of respondents in a Social Weather Stations survey.The 76-year-old Duterte disappeared from the public eye for two weeks, during the worst of the pandemic, before he reemerged late Monday evening in ...
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Is it a miracle drug?
Politicians around the world are advocating the use Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that is commonly used on animals, to treat COVID-19. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration and it global counterparts have warned against it, saying its efficacy against the coronavirus disease is unproven.As the planet enters ...
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Advice from the Vice President if you're thinking of leaving.
Vice President Leni Robredo admits to feeling "selfish" at times, thinking what would happen if she left the country for good, like many of her countrymen who seek better opportunities. Until she sees there's so much work to be done that she ...
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Here's what you need to know.
Malls in the greater Manila area will adjust their operating hours starting Monday, March 29, in adherence to the implementation of the week-long enhanced community quarantine or ECQ. The fresh ECQ restrictions, which will last until Easter Sunday, April 4, cover Metro ...
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Here's why it matters.
A Filipino scientist became one of the first humans to reach the third deepest spot on Earth, the Emden Deep, stirring nationalist pride.Microbial oceanographer Deo Florence Onda of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) successfully made the 36-000 feet descent in a two-man expedition with American ...
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On day one of NCR Plus Bubble.
Two more hospitals Metro Manila said their COVID-19 wards have reached full capacity on Monday, as the Philippines reported another all-time high in daily infections.After St. Luke's Medical Center said COVID wards in Quezon City and Taguig were full, Muntinlupa's Asian Hospital ...
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People are asking.
A resurgent coronavirus has driven daily cases to new record highs, prompting calls to restructure current restrictions. Fatigued by one year of lockdown, Twitter users tried to make sense of a proposal for either a "Hard GCQ" or "Soft MECQ".The suggestion came ...
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Makati Mayor Binay sees deja vu.
Hospitals in Metro Manila are starting to fill up to levels not seen since the peak of the COVID outbreak in 2020 in what one mayor described as deja vu.St. Lukes Medical Center in Global City is at full capacity for COVID ...
