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Resolve cash-based budgeting dilemma, Malacañang urged to step in

MANILA-- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday urged Malacañang to step in to resolve the issue on cash-based budgeting, following the standing suspension of deliberations on the proposed PHP3.757 trillion national budget...

Gov’t remains firm to finish anti-drug war by 2022

MANILA -- Officials of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) on Wednesday expressed their commitment to pursue the relentless campaign against illegal drugs despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that drugs will...

Quezon City grants special permit for e-games ops

MANILA -- The Quezon City Council on Wednesday granted a special permit to a company for the operation of its e-games (electronic-games) in the city’s territorial jurisdiction. The City Council, via a resolution,...

House to resume budget hearings

MANILA -- The House of Representatives is set to resume its hearings on the proposed 2019 national budget over the congressional break after reaching a compromise with the Palace, House Majority Leader...

Senators thumb down Edsa driver-only scheme

MANILA-- Senators on Wednesday filed a resolution opposing Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) ban on single-occupancy vehicles on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa). Authored by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President...

3 aliens nabbed for online securities scam in Muntinlupa

MANILA -- Muntinlupa police arrested three foreign nationals allegedly involved in transnational online fraud by misrepresenting themselves as stock brokers. American national Richard Racioppi Jr. and Canadian nationals Barry Rosen and Jesse Andrew...

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