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President Rodrigo Duterte wants corrupt Public Works officials to step down so they can be prosecuted and jailed for graft-ridden infrastructure projects. 

The RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will be given more time for review of its abrogation in case Malacanang further suspends its total termination, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III. 

The quality of life worsened in the past year, according to four out of five adult Filipinos, making it one of the worst trends in Social Weather Station survey history. 

The Department of Science and Technology targets vaccinations for COVID-19 to start by May 2021, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the point person appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to negotiate for the procurement and distribution of vaccines. 

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed graft cases against 86 more officials and personnel of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for their involvement in the illegal entry of foreign nationals under the so-called “pastillas” scam. 

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon admitted that the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is not involved in any illegal activity, amidst the red-tagging controversy between state forces and leftist groups. 

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is investigating the killing of a supposed survivor of an attempted extrajudicial killing while he was recovering inside a Rizal province hospital. 

The Department of Finance (DOF) is pursuing steps to untangle the legal issues tying down idle mining interests held by the government in an effort to speed up the privatization of these assets and revive their operations.  According to the Privatization and Management Office (PMO), lawsuits filed by the private sector proponents in the operations of these once-flourishing mining assets …

Dollar remittances by Filipinos dropped again in April, for the second consecutive month, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

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