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President Duterte inks P3.767 trillion 2018 national budget, first tax reform package into law

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, December 19, signed the first package of his administration's tax reform initiative as an early Christmas gift for the Filipino people. In a ceremony held at...

DOH on Code White starting Thursday

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) will start monitoring firecracker-related injuries on Thursday. "We will start our Code White by Dec. 21, 2017 and it will last until Jan. 5, 2018,"...

Solon says 2018 budget ‘brimming with hope’

MANILA -- Davao City Rep.  chairman of the House appropriations committee, on Tuesday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law the PHP3.767-trillion national budget for 2018.  In a statement, Nograles said the approved General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2018 provides hope to...

PH Marines, ADF conclude 1st urban terrain training

MANILA -- Philippine Marine Corps and Australian Defense Force personnel completed their first ever Mentor Training Team (MTT) Program for Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) during short ceremonies at Marine...

CBCP slams NPA attack on soldiers helping ‘Urduja’ victims

MANILA -- The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) slammed the attack by New People's Army (NPA) against government forces who provided relief to calamity victims in Northern Samar. “The ambush...

PH withdraws from next round of MCC grant to focus on Marawi rehab

MANILA -- The Philippines has decided to withdraw its application for the next round of development aid from a US-based agency to focus its resources and attention on rebuilding Marawi City,...

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