Lopez For most people who watched the second senate hearing on fake news, the key takeaway is that Senator Grace Poe proposed banning Facebook in the Philippines. Of course that isn’t true, she merely asked if it were possible and then relented by saying that even her kids would oppose such move. But really, over…
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Published February 10, 2018, 12:05 AM By Francis T. Wakefield A military official said Friday the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) deal to acquire Canadian Bell 412 helicopters is very transparent. Major General Restituto Padilla, the AFP’s deputy chief of staff for plans (J5), said from the very start, it was clear that the…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte greets Ambassador of Kuwait to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh who met with the President at the Malacañan Palace on February 7, 2018. ACE MORANDANTE/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday pleaded to the Kuwaiti government to keep overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) “free from harm” as the body of a Filipino…
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue is getting a boost from the new excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, commissioner Caesar Dulay said. It’s already helped push collections up 15 percent in January. But as Warren de Guzman reports, the agency will also have to contend with all changes as the Department of Finance pushes forward with…
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Published February 9, 2018, 10:00 PM By Rey G. Panaligan and Jaimie Rose Aberia The arraignment of Customs fixer Mark Ruben Taguba and trader Eirene May Tatad on criminal charges involving the P6.4-billion shabu shipment from China has been reset to February 23 by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC). RTC Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset…