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Congress asked to redefine savings

MANILA – Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said the executive branch is urging the Congress to redefine savings to negate …

Palace optimistic on timely passage of Bangsamoro bill

MANILA – Malacanang is still hopeful to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in the first quarter of 2015 if …

Miriam points finger at LTFRB for Metro’s miserable traffic situation

Though these days absent from many Senate sessions due to her battle with the Big “C,” Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago …

PCG Vancouver holds family picnic

Pinoy Pride Vancouver joins Pride Fest

Military vehicles transporting brand new rifles fuel rumours of coup

  MANILA, Philippines – Rumours of a military coup flew last week, fueled by President Aquino’s slide in popularity ratings …

LP adopting Binay for 2016 race?

MANILA – Vice President Jejomar Binay said that he has received information that the Liberal Party (LP) is planning to …

Large scale comm’l farming seen to address poverty

MANILA – Investors in the agriculture sector believes that large-scale commercial farming of various industrial crops and technology adaptation can …

Farms in northern Philippines inundated by monsoon rains

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Jose (International code name Halong)  – although not expected to hit the country directly – …

PIDS urges gov’t to expand manufacturing industry

MANILA – Through the implementation of reforms that will facilitate the labor-extensive manufacturing expansion, the Philippine Institute Development Studies said, …