[ad_1] DECEMBER 8, 2020 The picturesque beaches and waters of the island of Boracay continue to attract increasing numbers of tourists despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jack Jarilla) MANILA, Philippines – Boracay’s world-famous white beach and El Nido, Palawan’s Nacpan Beach, made it to a travel website’s Best Beaches …
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[ad_1] Intelligence officials quietly removed the names of three men ‘wrongly’ included in the report detailing the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, (pictured) revealed on Sunday. Intelligence officials quietly removed the names of three men “wrongly” included in the report detailing the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it was revealed …
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[ad_1] Three Supreme Court (CS) magistrates intend to succeed Supreme Court President Diosdado Peralta, who will retire later this month. SC spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka said Monday that only judges Estela Perlas Bernabe, Alexander Gesmundo and Ramon Paul Hernando completed the requirements for the application in compliance with the February …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 could have prevented the shooting incident between agents of the Philippine Drug Control Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), said a lawmaker Monday. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, who also chairs the …
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[ad_1] MANILA – The Internal Revenue Office exceeded its collection of its special tobacco tax for the month of February after Japan Tobacco raised the payment by more than 100 percent, the finance department said on Monday. Tobacco excise tax collection for February exceeded the target by 4.28 percent, reaching …
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[ad_1] MANILA – Century Pacific said Monday that it cut freshwater consumption from its tuna facilities by as much as 30 percent last year by using a new thawing technique. He designed a thawing method to cut his plant’s water use to thaw frozen tuna by half, Century Pacific told …
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[ad_1] 1.52 a. M. GMT 01:52 Benjamin Lee Now Sarah Paulson with a horrible reminder that The Prom is nominated for best musical or comedy. A truly cursed year. Leaving this here: 1.45 a. M. GMT 01:45 Benjamin Lee It’s time for a parody now! Kenan Thompson and Maya Rudolph …
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[ad_1] (Photo from Anatolia) MANILA – Philippine pharmaceutical company Glovax Biotech has partnered with a Korean vaccine manufacturer to produce EuCorVac-19 in the Philippines, should the government buy 40 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. In a statement, Glovax said it is in discussions with the Department of Commerce and …
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[ad_1] Former cadres, Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz (left) and Noel “Ka Efren” Legaspi show during a press conference on Sunday February 28, alleged link of the Lumad Bakwit school with the CPP-NPA. | video capture of Pegeen Maisie Sararaña from the press conference CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two Mindanao men, …
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[ad_1] FINALLY, the Philippines’ vaccination campaign begins Monday with the delivery of the initial 600,000 doses of the China-made CoronaVac vaccine, which is unloaded here from a Chinese military aircraft and loaded into a refrigerated van at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Sunday afternoon. —RICHARD A. REYES The …
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