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Espenilla hints possible hike in BSP rates

MANILA -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. on Friday hinted the possibility of another increase in the central bank’s key rates in August to address potential price...

Palace refutes Amnesty Int’l claim on gov’t rights policies

MANILA – Malacañang on Friday refuted London-based rights group Amnesty International’s statement that President Rodrigo Duterte has made the Philippines ‘a far more dangerous place by abandoning human rights values.’ “There is no...

Gov’t workers pool more than 100 bags of blood for the needy

MANILA -- Government employees from various offices pooled over a hundred bags of blood in a bloodletting activity hosted by the Pag-IBIG Fund on Friday. Pag-IBIG Fund Vice President Kalin Franco-Garcia told the...

Portal promoting LGUs as IT-BPO hub launched

MANILA -- All local government units (LGUs) in the country will have a common platform which will enable them to promote their locations as the next information technology-business process outsourcing (ITBPO) hub....

Malacañang condemns slay of Albay radio anchor

MANILA – Malacañang on Friday strongly condemned the killing of radio reporter and anchorman Joey Llana in Daraga, Albay. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the killing of Llana is yet another infringement on the...

Parts of Commonwealth Ave. closed for SONA on July 23

  MANILA -- Some areas along the stretch of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City will be closed to traffic for the upcoming third State-of-the-Nation Address of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. In an advisory on...

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