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DOJ: Inter-agency pact to regulate Chinese POGO workers

By Benjamin Pulta/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Government agencies will be working more closely with each other to regulate and prevent legal lapses in the employment of Chinese workers in the Philippines. Justice...

PH signs P44-B agri project deal with Israel

By Christine Cudis/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- In a bid to strengthen the agriculture industry and support farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) closed a deal with the Israeli government for a...

ARTA urges LTFRB to relax bank conformity requirement

By Raymond Carl Dela Cruz/Philippine News Agency MANILA — The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Tuesday asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to relax its rule on requiring bank...

Morales eyes PhilHealth reorganization

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Ricardo Morales is looking into the reorganization of PhilHealth to provide the public better...

Germany probes meat quarantine breach for ASF

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The German embassy in Manila said consultations are ongoing about a German company's reported breach of quarantine protocol for African swine fever (ASF), which...

Panelo: PRRD may have been warned about possible coup

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Malacañang on Tuesday said that top military officials may have warned President Rodrigo Duterte about a possible coup. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark a...

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