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NEDA: PH must reap labor gains from ‘Build, Build, Build’

MANILAĀ -- With the expected effect of the government’s unprecedented ā€œBuild, Build, Buildā€ program on the country’s labor demand, the government must ensure that laborers’ skills and competencies match industry needs, the...

Expert urges enhanced transparency in investments

MANILAĀ -- There is a need to improve the information content of the country's foreign investment negative list (FINL) in order to provide potential investors with a clearer perspective of the local...

Palace condoles with victims of massive quake in Japan

MANILAĀ -- MalacaƱang offered prayers to victims of a massive quake that shook Osaka on Monday, killing three people and injuring hundreds of others. ā€œWe offer our prayers to the people of Japan...

Duterte on fish-taking incident in Panatag: It was barter

MANILAĀ -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday refused to describe the Chinese Coast Guard personnel’s practice of taking catch from Filipino fishermen in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as ā€œseizureā€ saying the...

PH embassy party at Trump Hotel ‘aboveboard’: Cayetano

MANILA-- Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said the event hosted by the Philippine embassy in Washington at the Trump International Tower to celebrate Independence Day was "aboveboardā€. Cayetano’s clarification...

No Filipino reported among Japan quake casualties: DFA

MANILAĀ -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipino was among the casualties of the magnitude-6.1 earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday morning. According to the DFA, there are...

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