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DOTr to start building 6 stations under PNR Clark Phase 1 Project

By Aerol John Pateña/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will start on Monday the construction of six stations under the Tutuban to Bocaue segment of the North-South Commuter Railway...

Piñol orders stricter measures on entry of imported meat into PH

By Lilybeth Ison/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Friday ordered quarantine officers of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to implement stricter measures on the entry of meat...

Japanese destroyer arrives in SBMA for goodwill visit

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The three-day goodwill visit of the JS Samidare (DD-106), a Murasame-class destroyer, will further beef up ties between the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and...

Comelec: No ‘proclamation invitations’ yet

By Ferdinand Patinio/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said that they have not sent out invitations yet regarding the proclamation of winners in the senatorial and party-list...

PIDS papers on TRAIN committed “sins of omission”, says DOF official

PR/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Two papers released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on the preliminary effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law have supposedly committed...

Duque: Higher alcohol, tobacco taxes to fund Universal Health Care

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday stressed the importance of passing the pending sin tax bills in the Senate to ensure...

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