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Economy

President Duterte Orders Stop on All New Casinos to Curb Oversupply

In an aim to curb oversupply in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte, has mandated a stop on the entry and creation of new casinos.
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Entertainment

The Best Time to View Super Blue Blood Moon

 A one of a kind celestial activity will mark the end of first month of this year as a super blue blood moon is about to take place over horizons and skylines across the globe.
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Politics

SWS Survey Says Duterte Achieves Record-high ‘Excellent’ Rating

 President Rodrigo Duterte achieved a record-high “excellent” net satisfaction rating according to a nationwide survey taken during the last quarter of 2017.
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Economy

Lawmaker Warns Public Against Investing in Bitcoins

 For Filipinos hoping to cash in on the bitcoin craze, think twice and hear this warning of lawmaker first before putting your hard-earned money in cryptocurrency.
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Economy

TPLEx Opens New Section in Pangasinan

 Travelers bounded north may now expect shorter time and more convenient travel as a new section in Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) opened.
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Politics

Bicameral Panel Increases Tax-free 13th Month Pay and other Bonuses to P90K

 Starting 2018, tax-free ceiling for 13th month pay and other bonuses is will increase to P90,000.00 after the members of the bicameral conference committee mutually agreed on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill.
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Career

Government Employees to Receive Another P5,000 Incentive by December 15

 In line with the Year-end Bonus and Cash Gift that were previously received by the Philippines’ government employees, they are now about to receive another incentive by December 15 as confirmed by the DBM.
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Politics

Pulse Asia Says President Rodrigo Duterte is The Most Approved and Trusted Among Last Presidents

 So far, President Rodrigo Duterte is the most approved and trusted president among the past four Philippine presidents according to Pulse Asia.
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Career

Women’s Groups Urge PH to Make Maternity Leave Longer

 Several women’s groups are urging the Philippine government to make the country’s maternity leave longer at par with its Southeast Asian neighboring countries.
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Career

Government Employees to Receive Year-end Bonus and Cash Gift

 Christmas is merry for all the Government employees as they will be receiving their year-end bonus together with their cash gift beginning this month.
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Politics

Marawi Soldiers Start Claiming Their Hong kong Holiday Promised by President Duterte

 Female Marawi soldiers finally got their sweet reward after they start claiming their free Hong kong trip promised by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Economy

Nueva Ecija and Iloilo Enter the List of Philippines’ Top 10 Richest Provinces

Apparently, things are getting better and better for Nueva Ecija and Iloilo as the two just earned their places among the wealthiest places in the country.
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Economy

NAIA No Longer in the Worst Airport List this Year; 4 Other Philippine Airports among Asia’s Best

 Finally, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is no longer on the list of the worst airports based on a recent survey conducted by a renowned travel website.
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Economy

DepEd Orders Schools to Refrain from Giving Weekend Homework

 From now on, students can have ample time to rest and spend quality time with the family on weekends as a new order from DepEd directs schools to refrain from giving students weekend homework.
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Economy

New House Bill Seeks to Require Dashboard Cameras in All Vehicles

 A new measure which seeks to require dash board cameras in all vehicles is currently pending at the House of Representatives and is now waiting for approval.
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Economy

NBI to Start Issuing Multi-purpose Clearance by October

 Probably In an aim to extend the coverage of NBI clearance, as well as to save time and resources of applicants, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will start issuing multipurpose clearance by October.
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Politics

Study Says Majority of Filipinos Still Favor President Duterte’s War on Drugs

 Despite the back-to-back criticisms from political opponents and human rights advocates against President Duterte’s war on drugs campaign, a study revealed that many Filipinos still favor the president’s movement.
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Economy

House of Representatives Approves Bill Banning Expiration Dates on GCs on Final Reading

 To let our loved ones choose what their hearts desire to buy, we often end up giving them gift checks (GC) as gift. Unfortunately, such precious gift always comes along with an expiration date. So here’s good news to all of us.
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Economy

Cash Remittances Increase by 8.7% in July

 During the first seven months of this year, personal remittances and money transfers from overseas Filipino workers (OFW) increased by 8.7 percent, reaching $2.559 billion.
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Economy

Point-to-point Bus Lines Starts Ferrying Passengers Between NAIA and Clark

 Passengers from Clark will no longer have to worry too much about their struggles in traveling to reach Manila as new point-to-point buses are finally here.
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Economy

DFA Says Online Appointments for Passport Application is Now Easier

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), passport application is now made easier with the newly redesigned online appointment system.
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Economy

Philippine Embassy Comes to Aid Filipino Victims of Hurricane Irma

 A team from the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. has come to give aid to the Filipino victims of Hurricane Irma in British Virgin Islands.
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Entertainment

MOA Arena Confirms Bruno Mars’ Second Night Concert

 Last Thursday, in just less than an hour, Bruno Mars’ concert tickets were sold out! The Filipinos were asking for more, that’s why they give more.
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Entertainment

Bruno Mars Manila Concert Tickets Sell Like Pancakes

 In just less than an hour, tickets for Bruno Mars’ 2018 Manila concert were sold out. This is how excited the Filipinos are for his upcoming gig.
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Economy

LTO Starts Releasing Driver’s Licenses with 5-Year Validity

 Finally, the long wait for a driver’s license with 5-year validity is over as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started issuing first batch of the said licenses.
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Economy

GDP Growth in President Duterte’s First Year Highest among 5 Previous Administrations

 In the second quarter of this year, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) presented an annual growth rate of 6.5 percent, a significant increase from 6.4 percent in the previous quarter.
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Economy

Philippine Passport Renewal Requires New Additional Certificate

Along with the approval of the proposal to extend passport validity up to 10 years, passport renewal now requires an additional certificate due to the new advanced system used in issuing new passports.
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Economy

Philippines – Japan to Start Designing Billions-worth Mega Manila Subway by November

 In November 2017, Philippines and Japan will start working together to design the hundreds of billion worth Mega Manila subway. It might be indeed far from reality so far, but at least we have something to look up to.
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Food

How to Spot Signs of Bird Flu in Raw Chicken

 Amidst the outbreak of bird flu in the country, let me share you something that could help you spot signs of bird flu in raw chickens.
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Economy

Peso Falls to 51.34:$1 – the Weakest in the Past 11 Years

 Unfortunately, the peso further weakened to anew almost 11 year low against the US dollar, falling to 51.34:$1.
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Economy

UPLB Students to Receive Refund for 2017 First Semester

 Good news to all UPLB students who had already paid their tuition fees this semester. They would be getting a refund for their paid tuition fees this first semester of 2017.
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Sports

Philippines Chef de Mission Says PH Gets TireD of Being at the Bottom in SEA Games

 Ironically, the Philippines gets tired of being among the bottom placers in the SEA Games according to the country’s Chef de Mission.
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Economy

President Duterte Signs Free SUC Tuition Bill into Law

 President Rodrigo Duterte has finally decided to sign into a law a bill that would grant free tuition in state universities (SUCs) and colleges across the country.
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Economy

No More Free Tuition in State Universities for 2018

 Unfortunately, students can no longer expect free tuition fee in state universities and colleges for the school year 2018.
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Economy

Malacañang Palace Releases List of Regular Holidays and Special Non-working Days for 2018

 Last Wednesday, the Malacañang Palace released the Proclamation No. 269, which reveals that regular holidays and special non-working days for 2018.
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Economy

DOH Clarifies: Smoking Ban Would Take Effect on July 23

 As the 23rd day of July is fast approaching, the Department of Health (DOH) on the other hand clarifies that the nationwide ban on smoking would soon take effect.
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Economy

Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Restaurants’ Unli-rice Promos

 Nowadays, unli-rice promos are becoming a staple in most fast food restaurants while consumers are extremely satisfied with the concept.
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Others

7-Eleven Franchising Package Now Made Affordable at Only P300,000

 The country’s leading convenience store, 7-Eleven is now made affordable after its operator, Philippine Seven Corp. (PSC) has finally rolled out its simplest and most affordable franchising package so far.
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Economy

New Law Bans Small Children from Riding Motorcycles

 A new law banning small children from riding motorcycles that has been implemented a few weeks ago seems ineffective and without merit as people in this country can still be seen disregarding the new regulation.
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Politics

Smoking Now Prohibited in Philippines’ Public Places

 Now that the Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, already used his executive power to ban smoking in all public places nationwide, expect that smoking in public places will be strictly prohibited from now on.
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Economy

Senate Approves Bill Extending Passport Validity to 10 Years

 A proposed law which was seen to greatly benefit the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) has been approved during the senate’s third and final reading last Monday.
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Travel

Local Government of Aklan Bans Liquor on Boracay Beaches and Public Areas

 In response to the alarming photos and videos showing bottles and trashes in the sea shores of Boracay, which recently surfaced all over the internet, the local government of Aklan immediately expanded its restrictions.
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Others

Philippine Senate Approves Mental Health Bill

 On the third and final reading, the Senate of the Philippines finally approved the Philippine Mental Health Bill, an act that would create a national mental health policy.
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Career

Philippine Government Employees to Receive Midyear Bonus

 Finally, the much-awaited annual mid-year bonus of government employees is now close to reality after the Budget Secretary, Benjamin E. Diokno, confirmed the good news.
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Health & Beauty

FDA Orders Drugstore and Pharmaceutical Firms to Stop Immunization Offer

 Upon the advent of the much-awaited Dengue vaccine here in the country, the Food and Drug Administration has subsequently released an order refraining drugstore and pharma from offering immunization services in its stores.
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Economy

Bangko Sentral to Guard Peso from Excessive Depreciation

 As the Philippine Peso is expected to fall against dollar this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has already gave its stance regarding the said excessive depreciation.
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Health & Beauty

DOH Warns Against Common Summer Diseases

 As the heat of summer season is expected to be at its peak in the next few weeks, the Department of Health once again warned against the common summer diseases.
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Economy

Peso Expected to Fall Against Dollar this Year

 As analyzed by the experts, the Philippine peso was seen falling to dollars, and in fact, it is expected to further weaken to dollar this year as the country’s current account continues to deteriorate.
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Economy

No More Terminal Fee for OFWs Effective April 30

 Starting on April 30, all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who will personally buy plane tickets in any ticketing office or travel agency will no longer have to pay terminal fee.
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Economy

Senate Passes Bill Granting Free Tutition in State Universities and Colleges

 As the future depends on the youth of the nation, the Senate finally moves in hope of providing quality education to qualified college students who are believed to be the future of our country.
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