Wednesday, August 15, 2018

House leader urges priority passage of tax amnesty bill

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A leader of the House of Representatives on Wednesday urged  Congress to prioritize the passage of the tax amnesty bill over the Tax Reform...

Follow Constitution, VP camp says on Duterte's succession remark

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The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo clapped back at President Rodrigo Duterte for once again expressing doubts about her competence to ...

Duterte on ABS-CBN beef: 'Let it pass'

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President Rodrigo Duterte appears ready to move on from his beef with broadcast network ABS-CBN. Duterte struck the conciliatory tone dur...

Woman found dead at Baguio pawnshop near City Hall, police station

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BAGUIO CITY – A customer found a dead woman inside a pawnshop on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 15). The pawnshop is just a few meters away fr...

Duterte mellows down on ABS-CBN

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President Rodrigo Duterte has mellowed down on broadcast giant ABS-CBN, whose franchise he had threatened to block after accusing its owner...

House committee approves substitute anti-wiretapping bill

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The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs led by Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has approved a substitute bill for a m...

New Zealand bans most foreigners from buying homes

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Wellington — New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices. The government on Wed...

Phivolcs lifts alert level on Mt. Bulusan

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LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has lifted the alert level on Bulusan Volcano from one to ...

‘Let it pass,’ says Duterte on mess with ABS-CBN

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While he said he was hurt by ABS-CBN’s alleged refusal to provide him airtime for his campaign ads during the presidential race in 2016, Pr...

House passes "Revised Agricultural Tariffication Act" on final reading

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The House of Representatives, voting 200-7 with two abstentions, approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, House Bill 7735 which seek...

House panel approves CBCP media franchise renewal

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With Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez no longer in the House leadership, the proposed renewal of the congressional franchise ...

LOOK: US Ambassador pays courtesy call on Speaker Arroyo

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United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim visited former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to congratulate her on being ele...

CBCP broadcast franchise renewal hurdles House panel

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A bill seeking the broadcast franchise renewal of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines was approved Wednesday in the committe...

‘Very emotional’ witness tags frat brothers in Atio Castillo case

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A “very emotional” Marc Anthony Ventura took the witness stand on Tuesday and identified 10 of his fellow Aegis Juris fraternity members wh...

9 endangered animals taken from zoo in Rizal province

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Nine endangered animals have disappeared from the country’s biggest zoo whose management took to Facebook on Tuesday to ask for help in fin...

Homeowner preparing breakfast scares off burglar

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An allegedly notorious burglar in San Juan City was arrested after one of his would-be victims caught him in his kitchen on Monday morning....

Davao City approves P1-million aid to flood-stricken Marikina

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DAVAO CITY — The Davao City government will extend financial aid of P1 million to Marikina City, its sister city, which was severely hit by...

Retired cop linked to Parojinogs arrested in Misamis Oriental

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LUGAIT, Misamis Oriental — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindano (Region 10) arrested on Tuesday a re...

Chiz or Bongbong yes, Leni no – DU30

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IF a leader “like” Senator Francis Escudero or former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would be his successor, President Rodrigo Duterte would ...

Bills seek creation of Department of Culture

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Buhay Representative Lito Atienza is opposed to the proposals, saying culture should just be part of the Department of Education NEW DE...

‘In Davao, there’s another dictator in the offing,’ says Duterte

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There’s another dictator in the offing. President Rodrigo Duterte said she resides in Davao City. “In Davao, there’s another dictator off...

Lawmakers deliberate on proposed creation of Department of Culture

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The House Committees on Government Reorganization and Basic Education and Culture on Tuesday continued their deliberations on the proposed ...

Panel creates TWG for bill on Cordillera autonomous region creation

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The House Committee on Local Government chaired by Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. (1st District, South Cotabato) in a hearing on Tuesday created a ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Tiffany It's the Lover Not the Love

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It's the Lover (Not the Love) Songwriters: Rich Donahue, Patrick Dollaghan Producer: George Tobin Album: Hold an Old Friend’s Han...

Six dead in Tondo fire

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Six people, including three children, died in a two-hour fire that struck a dilapidated building in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday afternoon. S...

Duterte rejects Robredo as successor, says Naga a ‘hotbed of shabu’

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President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that Naga City, the hometown of Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, was once a “hotbed of s...

Senate approves creation of Calamba City’s lone legislative district

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The Senate on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to create the lone legislative district of Calamba City in Laguna....

Teo agrees with bro: Bitag Media should not return the money

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Even former Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo thinks that her brother, TV host Ben Tulfo, should not return the P60 million paid by the Dep...

Senate Oks 12 bills on public schools, SUCs on final reading

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The Senate on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a total of 12 bills seeking to establish, convert, and rename public elementary a...

Duterte is not Arroyo; Lacson ‘pork’ warning misplaced

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Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno talks about the 2019 national budget, federalism and government disbursement during the Meet Inquirer Mu...