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Duterte mulls selling government properties to raise COVID-19 funds

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is considering selling government properties to raise funds in preparation for a possible deterioration of the pandemic situation in the country due to more infectious COVID-19 variants

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Dollar remittances up with travel eased

Expatriate Filipinos sent home more dollars in March after more workers got deployed abroad due to the easing of travel restrictions, according to the central bank.

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Workers’ mental health declined during pandemic

A recent survey showed that the mental health of Filipino workers declined during the pandemic.

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CSC expands sexual harassment coverage

Government officials and employees who send inappropriate text messages and email, which are sexual in nature, to fellow workers may now face administrative sanctions, according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC)

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Martin Escudero’s girlfriend is non-showbiz

After his controversial love affair with actress Jennica Garcia—the daughter of versatile thespian Jean Garcia and actor-politician Jigo Garcia—matinee idol Martin Escudero’s romance was far and between.

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Jeff Fernandez: From Acting to Directing

It’s been a long journey in show business for actor now director Jeff Ismael Fernandez, officially known as Jeff Fernandez.

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Queen of Short Indie Film Festival Cataleya Surio stumbles, falls, rises up again

Like anyone in the local show business, actress Cataleya Surio—the so-called Queen of Short Indie Film Festival christened to her by entertainment journalist Alwyn Ignacio—hasn’t been spared of heartaches since the time she joined the movies years ago. “I started my film career by joining Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s film workshop which I enjoyed so much. I was proclaimed Best Actress in our …

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Filipino lifters perform well at Olympic qualifying tourney

The Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president Monico Puentevella believes the strong performance of Filipino weightlifters at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan will ensure the first-ever medals for the Philippines at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Duterte signs vaccine indemnity law

President Duterte has signed the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 that creates a National Vaccine Indemnity Fund to cover those who might suffer from any adverse side effects after getting inoculated by a COVID vaccine. 

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PNP, PDEA may have been played by drug syndicate—Dela Rosa

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa recently aired his suspicion that drug syndicates may have deliberately misled agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that resulted in a deadly shootout.  Dela Rosa stressed he is only theorizing that the PNP and PDEA were played by drug syndicates during Feb. 24 misencounter at the parking …

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