Overall BOP position posts a deficit of $458 million in October  

November 19, 2018

The country’s overall balance of payments (BOP) position posted a deficit of $458 million in October, higher than the $368 million BOP deficit recorded in the same month last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ( BSP) said Monday. Outflows

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Senate approves Palawan split into 3 provinces

November 19, 2018

The Senate Monday approved on third and final reading a bill dividing Palawan – the country’s largest province into three new provinces, namely Palawan Del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan Del Sur. House Bill No. 8055 was sponsored by Senator

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Xi “full of expectations” ahead of state visit to the Philippines

November 19, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday outlined several areas of cooperation that Manila and Beijing should work on a day before his state visit to the Philippines. “I am full of expectations as I am about to set foot on

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Hontiveros asks CHED to re-examine removal of Filipino subjects in college

November 19, 2018

Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to reexamine its move to remove Filipino, Panitikan (literature), and Constitution from the college level. “I can understand some of the reasons for suggesting their removal,

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Palace terminates 3 DSWD undersecretaries

November 19, 2018

Malacanang confirmed on Monday that three undersecretaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have been terminated. In a statement, DSWD said those who vacated their posts effective November 14 were Undersecretary for Protective Programs Mae Fe Templa

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Duterte tells critics: You’d said I’m a monster…look for court for monsters

November 18, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday lashed out at the International Criminal Court anew as he also told his critics to look for a court for monsters if they want to try him on his “war on drugs”. In his speech

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Duterte changes mind, attends last day of APEC meeting

November 18, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to stay at Papua New Guinea and attend the events during the second and last day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting. On Friday night, a revised schedule of the President came out,

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Foreign portfolio investment transactions resulted in net outflows for October

November 16, 2018

Registered investments in October amounted to $953 million, reflecting a 28.2 percent increase from the $743 million figure in September, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Friday. In contrast, this represented a 31.2 percent decline from the $1.4 billion level

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