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Duterte okays P3.767 trillion budget for 2018

December 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Tuesday into law the General Appropriations Act of 2018, amounting to P3.767 trillion. The 2018 GAA is 12 percent higher than last year’s budget. Duterte, in a speech during the signing ceremony in Malacanang, said

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Megaworld consortium wins bid to develop Clark’s new terminal building

Megaworld consortium wins bid to develop Clark’s new terminal building

December 19, 2017

The Philippine government has awarded engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Clark International Airport new terminal building, the government’s first hybrid infrastructure project, to the Megawide-GMR Consortium. Megawide-GMR  was declared as the bidder with the “lowest calculated responsive bid,”

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Duterte wants third telco player by Q1 2018, asks court not to issue TROs

December 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to allow entry of the third telecommunications player by the first quarter of 2018. This as Duterte told the judiciary, supposedly independent from the executive and legislative branches of government, not to

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31 dead, 49 missing as “Urduja” batters Eastern Visayas

December 18, 2017

Deaths due to Tropical Depression “Urduja”  rose to 31 while 49 are missing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday. Roque, along with other Cabinet officials, accompanied President Rodrigo Duterte in checking the places devastated by the weather disturbance in

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Duterte supports legalizing same-sex marriage; wants LGBT rep in PCUP

December 17, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support on Sunday on same-sex marriage as he is open to change the law to legalize this. Duterte made the statement during the gathering of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) in Davao City. “I like

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3 killed, 6 missing as storm enters Eastern Visayas

December 16, 2017

Three died and six persons are missing as Tropical Storm “Urduja” made landfall in Eastern Visayas on Saturday,  the National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad said  the council’s member agencies are still verifying

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Security officials of China, Philippines meet in Camp Aguinaldo

December 16, 2017

Security officials  of the Philippines and China discussed bilateral defense cooperation in a meeting in Camp Aguinaldo on Friday. Arsenio Andolong, Department of National Defense (DND) public affairs service chief, said the meeting between the military and defense officials of

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Duterte says anti-dynasty restriction of freedom of individual

December 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed opposition on the passage of an anti-dynasty bill as this could restrict freedom of an individual. Duterte acknowledged  he also belongs to a political dynasty, beginning with his father who became a governor of Davao

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