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Approved foreign investments reached P22.50-B in second quarter 2021

Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the second quarter of 2021 reached P22.50 billion, 45.5% higher compared with P15.46 billion in the same quarter in 2020. 

Bolick wins PBA Player of the Week honors

Robert Bolick was adjudged the PBA Player of the Week, just a day after he turned 26-years-old. The former San Beda star led NorthPort to a sweep of its three games in...

QC reminds companies to report potential COVID-19 cases; eyes suit vs construction firm

The Quezon City government has reiterated its call to companies to immediately report possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases among their workers even as it plans to sue a construction firm...

POC to field 160 athletes in 6th AIMAG

THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) cleared a 160-athlete delegation that will compete in 21 of the 31 sports in the sixth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) Thailand is hosting...

Delta variant seen in majority of samples sequenced today

The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) today report that of the 748 samples sequenced, we detected 640 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases (85.6%), 28 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases (3.7%), 24 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases (3.2%), and five P.3 variant cases (0.7%) in the latest batch of whole genome sequencing. These samples were submitted by 77 laboratories, collecting institutions, and different Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Units (RESU).

Palace: File cases on alleged irregularities, let gov’t officials attend to COVID-19 response

The Palace is appealing to lawmakers to file charges with regard to alleged government anomalies instead of making government officials attend hearings that take away precious time that should have been spent on the government’s COVID-19 response.

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