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DOST-FPRDI’s HT technology boosts PH pallet industry

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The heat treatment (HT) technology developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Forest Products Research and Development Institute FPRDI) has boosted the Philippines’ pallet industry to...

103 hired on-the-spot in PESO job expo

ILOILO CITY -- A total of 103 applicants were hired on-the-spot during the job expo of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in Iloilo province on Friday. In an interview Saturday, PESO manager...

285 candidate soldiers undergo training in Maguindanao

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- The second batch of this year’s candidate soldiers took their oath on Friday, and in four months they will become new foot troopers. Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, newly-installed Army’s...

SSS to rush release of checks for claims, loans

MANILA – The state-run private pension fund Social Security System (SSS) on Saturday announced that it will release all delayed checks for loans and claims to concerned members within one to two...

TRAIN suspension up to Congress: Duterte

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Saturday night said that he will leave it up to the Congress to amend, suspend, or modify the tax reform law amid the rise in...

DPWH chief confirms no plans to run for senator next year

MANILA — With less than a year before the May 2019 midterm polls, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said he has no plans in running for the...

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