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Abe says not aware of survey flaws before govt adopts budget

January 30, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that he was not aware of labor survey irregularities before his government adopted an annual budget plan late last year. Speaking at the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s

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Senate approves on 2nd reading the ‘Murang Kuryente’ bill

January 30, 2019

A power cost-saving measure which could prove to be a relief not only to poor families but to consumers across the country, has hurdled second reading in the Senate. Contained under Committee Report No. 426, Senate Bill No. 1950 proposes

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Six alleged NPAs killed in encounter vs military in Camarines Sur

January 30, 2019

Six alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter against the military in Tinambac, Camarines Sur Wednesday morning. According to a report by the Bicol region police, elements of  the Army’s 83rd Infantry Battalion were conducting a

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Arroyo says Senate should explain alleged insertions in 2019 budget

January 30, 2019

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Wednesday the Senate should explain its “insertions” under the proposed 2019 P3.757-trillion national budget. Arroyo made this statement even as Senate President Vicente  Sotto III told for Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the committee on finance, to withdraw the Senate

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Saudi Arabia welcomes Arroyo initiative to invest in new Bangsamoro Region

January 30, 2019

Officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had welcomed the initiative of former President and now House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to invite Saudi Arabian businessmen to invest in Mindanao in the light of the passage and ratification of the

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Rehabilitation of Manila Bay cannot be postponed: DILG

January 30, 2019

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) lamented the Makabayan Bloc’s call for the government to postpone the Manila Bay Rehabilitation program to pave the way for more “study and consultations.”    “We wish to emphasize that Manila Bay

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NDF peace consultant shot dead inside bus in Nueva Vizcaya

January 30, 2019

BAGUIO CITY  —  A lone gunman shot National Democratic Front (NDF) peace panel consultant Randy Malayao dead inside a bus found for Isabela on Wednesday, police said. Malayao, 49, was sleeping inside a Victory bus while it was parked at

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Diokno confident huge infrastructure projects to be exempted from poll ban

January 30, 2019

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno expressed confidence on Wednesday that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will grant the request to exempt from the election ban the implementation of the big-ticket infrastructure projects for this year. Under the law, the Comelec will

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