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Industry leaders laud Duterte’s push for ease of doing business

BACOLOD CITY -- Leaders of the business and information technology sectors in this city lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s continuing resolve to ease doing business in the Philippines. Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of...

TESDA, DPWH to boost partnership for ‘Build, Build, Build’

MANILA -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is revising its existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to boost the two agency's...

SC justices Peralta, Reyes join search for next CJ

MANILA -- Two more Supreme Court magistrates have accepted their nominations for the position of Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed on Wednesday afternoon. Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes...

Clean air advocates form anti-air pollution group

MANILA-- Various clean air advocacy groups on Wednesday banded together to push giving more "teeth" on government programs for clean air and environmental protection, with the launch of the "Health Care...

LGUs should decide on class suspensions, DepEd asserts

MANILA -- Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones on Wednesday opposed calls to bring back the task of suspending classes during rainy days to her agency, stressing that local government units...

Gov’t to borrow money if TRAIN 2 not passed, Briones warns

MANILA -- If the second package of the government’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law is not passed, the government may have to borrow money, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary...

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