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US-funded training center for peacekeeping ops unveiled in Tarlac

December 13, 2019

A US-funded training institution for peacekeeping operations was inaugurated in a military camp in Tarlac Thursday, an official said Friday. The Armed Forces of the Philippines Peacekeeping Operations Center (AFPPKOC) and the Joint United States Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG-Philippines) unveiled

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Eddie Garcia, Omegle, Halalan 2019 among top Google searches for Filipinos in 2019

December 13, 2019

Google on Thursday bared the top searches for Filipinos in 2019. The search engine capped off this year by posting on its Facebook page the most searched topics, personalities, and dogs in the country. Omegle – an online chat website

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PCC clears circuit-maker Mikuni Toyo’s buyout of shares in mechatronics producer Hitachi in PH

December 13, 2019

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by circuit board-maker Mikuni Toyo Co., Ltd. (Mikuni Toyo) of 100 percent of shares of ATM module assembler Hitachi Terminals Mechatronics Philippines Corporation (Hitachi), seeing the transaction as not likely to

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ADB OKs $200-M loan to support delivery of PH flagship infra projects

December 13, 2019

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to help the Philippine government prepare and implement major infrastructure projects under its flagship “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) development program. The loan, as additional financing to the ongoing Infrastructure

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Duterte ready to veto unconstitutional provisions in 2020 enrolled budget bill – Palace

December 12, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to veto provisions in the proposed P4.1 trillion budget for next year if they are unconstitutional, Malacanang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Senator Panfilo Lacson claimed that last minute

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PDEA chief admits “uncomfortable” working with Robredo

December 12, 2019

The head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday admitted that he felt “uncomfortable” working with Vice President Leni Robredo when she was still his co-chairperson at the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs (ICAD). “It’s hard for me

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Gov’t cuts number of slain drug suspects by over 1,000

December 12, 2019

The number of personalities killed during the anti-illegal drug operations since the start of the Duterte administration was slashed by over a thousand amid the continuous criticisms against the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. During the #RealNumbersPh presentation in Malacanang,

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Central bank maintains benchmark interest rate

December 12, 2019

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas maintained Thursday the benchmark interest rate amid benign inflation environment. In a statement, the Monetary Board said the BSP’s overnight reverse repurchase facility was kept at 4.0 percent and interest rates on the overnight deposit

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