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The Duterte administration’s goal of hitting 100 percent rice self-sufficiency level in two years, to push the Philippines to reclaim its status as rice exporter, is now a step closer to attainment. 

By Jesse C. Ong  It’s all’s well that ends well for local volleyball ace Alyssa Valdez and national coach Francis Vicente. 

Colegio de San Lorenzo-V Hotel found an unlikely hero in Argie Baldevia to subdue Wang’s Ballclub-Asia Tech, 74-69, for its third straight win in the 2017 MBL Open basketball tournament at the PNP Sports Center in Camp Crame. 

Veteran Amaya Paz-Cojuangco hurdled her Dutch opponent on Thursday in the women’s individual compound knockout round of the 2017 Hyundai World Cup in Shanghai, China. 

Guest team National University was crowned women’s champion in the just-concluded National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Championship (3rd Pedro R. Mendoza Jr. Memorial Cup) at the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City. 

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been named as the first of seven main draw singles wild cards for this summer’s British WTA grass court events organized by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), organizers said on Thursday. 

Fifteen days after the publication of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR), the law prohibiting forms of distracted driving for both public and private vehicles took effect on May 18, 2017, the Department of Transporation (DOTr) said. 

Motorcycle Development Program Participant Association Inc. (MDPPA) recently conducted the fourth leg of its road safety-seminar, this time for Lourdes School of Mandaluyong third-grade students, to help increase road safety among more Filipino civilians this year. 

The next five years will see a surge in construction as the government focuses on implementing cross-country infrastructure projects, such as bridges, airports, and farm-to-market roads. More real-estate developers are also expected to ramp up construction projects as the Duterte administration pushes for a modified land-reform program that imposes higher tax on idle lands. 

By Alvin I. Dacanay More than two weeks after it announced the establishment of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP, or Fiesta of Filipino Films), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) said three government-run agencies have joined it as partners for the new film festival, during which foreign movies will not be shown in commercial cinemas throughout the …