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Malacañang takes note of PH’s world competitiveness ranking

MANILA -- Malacañang on Thursday said the government is already addressing the issues which the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) used to rank the Philippines as 50th among 63 countries...

Namfrel hopeful of appointment of 2 more Comelec commissioners

MANILA -- An election watchdog on Thursday expressed hope that two new commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would be appointed soon. National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) secretary general Eric...

Senate to conduct TRAIN public hearing in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY -- The Senate committee on public services will hold a hearing on the effect of the tax reform program on public services and utilities on Friday. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr.,...

Palace to Trillanes: Not true gov’t has no rehab plan for Marawi

MANILA -- Malacañang on Thursday rejected a senator's claim that there is no master plan for the rehabilitation of Marawi a year after the city was besieged by terrorists of the...

Duterte appoints PDEA exec as BOC deputy commissioner

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) executive as deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In an appointment paper signed on Monday, Duterte...

Iloilo City to boost immunization coverage

ILOILO CITY -- A series of training for health workers is ongoing in this city to arm them with a new strategy to boost the immunization coverage in the metropolis. Dr. Jennifer...

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