[ad_1] Construction and engineering firm Megawide Construction Corp. has committed to building a 5-kilometer elevated railway that will link the three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), a feature required by the government to consider granting a 25-year concession to a proponent from the private sector. . Megawide, …
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[ad_1] GO BACK TO THE OLD NORMAL The North Luzon Expressway-Balintawak Toll Plaza has opened cash lines following electronic toll collection failures. —CHILD JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday urged local Valenzuela city officials and executives from the toll road operator on the North Luzon …
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[ad_1] PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDBIENE + PARTNER RESEARCHERS affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) have found that approximately 82% of honey products sold in the Philippines are actually sugar or corn syrups. Angel T. Bautista VII, a researcher at the Philippine Institute of Nuclear Research, said that …
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[ad_1] GOVERNMENT debt payments from January to October almost doubled this year compared to the same period in 2019. Data from the Treasury Office showed that the government’s debt service bill for the 10-month period shot up to P1.16 trillion from P583.42 billion in the comparable period a year ago. …
Read More »[ad_1] Shortly after testing positive for COVID-19, Nonito “The Flash” Donaire Jr. requested a confirmation test from the Showtime boxing network, but it was rejected. So he made the next best thing: he paid for the confirmation test himself. To her relief, she tested negative. By then, however, he had …
Read More »[ad_1] Instead of banning athletes 17 and under from combat sports, Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramírez said the country’s sports leaders should focus on strict enforcement of health and safety guidelines. safety in all competitions, particularly in age group play. “In basketball, if a child falls you can get …
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen before being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital, on the first day of the largest immunization program in British history, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Dec. 8, 2020. Liam McBurney / Pool via REUTERS / File …
Read More »[ad_1] Revenues collected by the government from tariffs and taxes applied to fuel have amounted to 162.8 billion pesos since the implementation of the fuel marking program. Data shared by Carlos Domínguez, secretary of the Finance Department, for financial reporters over the weekend showed that the government marked 16.43 billion …
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[ad_1] In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Moncef Slaoui, director of the federal vaccine initiative Operation Warp Speed, said Moderna’s vaccine “would likely be approved on Friday.” On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the two-dose vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for emergency use. Slaoui repeated …
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[ad_1] AFTER a record unemployment rate at the height of pandemic-induced lockdowns, Filipinos should expect more job opportunities at the opening of next year, as more companies indicated their willingness to start increasing their job size in the first quarter of 2021. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in its …
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