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Most Pinoys Ok with gov’t infra projects

Majority of adult Filipinos were highly satisfied with government projects on infrastructure, disaster response, protection of overseas Filipino workers, and quality education but were least satisfied in the way inflation and reducing poverty issues were addressed, results of a recent OCTA Research survey showed. OCTA’s December 2023 Tugon ng Masa …

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11-month infra spending reaches P1T in 2023

Budget and Management Secretary Mina Pangandaman (PNA file photo) MANILA – Expenditures of the national government for infrastructure and other capital outlays grew to P1.02 trillion from January to November 2023. This is an 18.5 percent or P159.8 billion increase to what was recorded in the same period in 2022 at P861.8 …

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Advocates call for climate emergency in Mindanao

Army rescuers and government responders recover a cadaver at the landslide ground zero in Barangay Masara, Davao de Oro on Feb. 12, 2024. (Facebook/Philippine Army)  MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of climate advocates has called on the government to declare a state of climate emergency in Mindanao as floods, landslides …

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NEDA: Gov’t accelerates efforts to manage price increases

National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan MANILA – The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is ramping up efforts to manage price increases, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Sunday. He made the statement following the release of a recent OCTA survey results …

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PBBM signs 4 laws to benefit state universities

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 11978, establishing a college of medicine at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus (DMMMSU-SLUC) in the municipality of Agoo. RA No. 11978, known as the …

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Zubiri: I’ll sign Quiboloy subpoena

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri  Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said Friday he will sign the subpoena against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in connection with the chamber’s ongoing probe on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader’s alleged human trafficking and sex-related crimes. “I have been told by my staff that …

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