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NEDA seeks more foreign investments in Eastern Visayas

TACLOBAN CITY -- Reducing the cost of doing business and enhancing the business environment are two major activities recommended by the National and Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in order to draw more...

BIR exceeds collection target for January-May 2018

MANILA -- For the first five months of the year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) collected PHP827.91 billion. This is PHP24.91 billion more or 3.10 percent higher than the goal of...

PVAO marks 73rd anniversary of Battle of Bessang Pass Thursday

MANILA -- The historic Battle of Bessang, the greatest victory scored by Filipino guerrillas against the mighty Japanese Imperial Army in World War II, will be commemorated with elaborate ceremony in Ilocos...

DOJ: Okada not yet off the hook despite junking of estafa raps

MANILA -- Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada is not yet off the hook despite the resolution of the Parañaque City Prosecutors Office dismissing the USD10-million embezzlement cases against him and several others...

Probe into slay of media men, priests, fiscals not just ‘lip service’

MANILA -- Malacanang on Wednesday defended the efforts of the Duterte administration to investigate the series of killings that have targeted media practitioners, priests and prosecutors, saying the government’s initiatives are not...

17 families pre-emptively evacuated in Calabarzon

MANILA -- Due to inclement weather caused by the southwest monsoon, 17 families or around 73 persons were pre-emptively evacuated in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon) region, the National Disaster Risk...

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