[ad_1] MANILA – Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday rejected a House panel’s plan to grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to correct anomalies reported at the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), saying it would be better to fire to the Secretary of Health Francisco Duque III, president of the agency’s …
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[ad_1] PMFTC Inc., an affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), opened its first four IQOS stores on Friday in the Philippines, making a smoke-free alternative to cigarettes available to Filipino adult smokers 21 years and older than otherwise. they would like to continue smoking or using nicotine-containing products. The newly …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who tested positive for the coronavirus in early August, completed his quarantine period after a month away from his family. In a Facebook post Thursday, Revilla said her doctors told her she could leave her isolation room. “My quarantine is over,” …
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[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 4) – Former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te raised several legal issues on Friday in a court order for the early release of Joseph Scott Pemberton, the US Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude in 2014. Te, also a law …
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[ad_1] SLOWER INFLATION. A customer buys vegetables in a public market. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday (September 4, 2020) that the country’s inflation rate slowed to 2.4 percent, down from 2.7 percent in July. (File photo) MANILA – The domestic inflation rate in August slowed to …
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[ad_1] TO SAVE THE BAY A 500-meter stretch of the 190-kilometer shoreline of Manila Bay will be covered with sand derived from crushed dolomite in an attempt by the government to beautify the landscape and encourage the public to protect it. Environmental activists aren’t exactly happy. —RICHARD A. REYES CEBU …
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[ad_1] Image copyright 20th Century Studios / Marvel Entertainment Before I continue, I want to say that there is no Captain America in this article, no Spider-Man, and only the slightest hint of Wolverine. And for me, a fan of Marvel comics, that’s perfect. When reading the X-Men comics, I …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The country’s headline inflation fell to 2.4 percent in August from 2.7 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday. The latest figure brings annual inflation to date for 2020 to 2.5 percent, according to the PSA report released Friday. In August 2019, …
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[ad_1] Teammates attack Toronto Raptors’ OG Anunoby, second player from left, after Anunoby fired at the doorbell to win the game in the second half of an NBA conference semifinal basketball game against the Celtics from Boston on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Celtic’s Daniel Theis …
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[ad_1] ONLY IN: PNP confirms the death of Ardot Parojinog in Ozamis this morning. Parojinog was facing drug and firearms charges when he died in his cell at 6 a.m. today. The head of the PNP, Cascolan, has ordered an investigation into his death. – Raffy Sison Santos (@raffsantos) September …
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