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By Jonathan P. Gesmundo  Certificates of candidacies (CoC) for 18,000 national and local positions – from President to town councilor – are being filed at various Commission on Elections (COMELEC) offices and satellite registration sites nationwide while observing strict health protocols. 

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered members of the executive department including cabinet secretaries to ignore any summons issued by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, that is investigating highly anomalous purchases of multi-trillion-peso worth of medical supplies integral to the pandemic response. 

Metro Manila residents are advised to temporarily stop buying vegetables due to the abundance of smuggled agricultural products and because of possible contamination, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar. 

Minors with comorbidities will be vaccinated first when the Department of Health (DOH) begins the COVID-19 inoculation program for children. 

Farmers revealed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, with the surge in smuggled vegetables getting public attention only recently. 

Energy officials gave assurances that Luzon will not experience power interruptions while the Malampaya gas facility is undergoing preventive maintenance from October 2 to 22, 2021. The shutdown, however, will possibly result to an increase in consumers’ electricity rates. 

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.” This is one of the many remarkable words left by a Czech dissident playwright turned statesman, Václav Havel.  Photo by: Filip Jandourek, Czech Radio In commemoration of his 85th Birth Anniversary, the Embassy of the Czech …

President Rodrigo R. Duterte chided the United Nations (UN) for its lack of transparency and respect to democratic principles, thereby unable to help address global crises and injustices.  

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) foresees jobs lost during the prolonged pandemic getting revived because of the ongoing mass vaccinations and granular lockdowns.

Salary and positive relationships with co-workers make employees happy, according to a survey by a consumer research and analytics firm.