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Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:19:00 +0800
Senators grill budget, education execs over conflicting prices amid probe into 'pricey' laptops
"Everyone was working from home and going online, so the demand for laptops increased...that's the reason why prices went up, because stocks were emptied. When we started the market survey, the prices went up...That's a factor," Lao said in mixed Fil...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:41:00 +0800
Former DBM exec Lloyd Christopher Lao requests Senate clearance to travel abroad
"Everyone was working from home and going online, so the demand for laptops increased...that's the reason why prices went up, because stocks were emptied. That's a factor," Lao said in mixed Filipino and English. 

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:17:00 +0800
Constitution Framer Monsod: Don't blame Charter for country's ills
Speaking during a Senate hearing on Charter change, lawyer Christian Monsod said the problems that the country faces were not borne out of the Constitution but because of the failure to implement its provisions.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:28:00 +0800
Bulatlat wants NTC cited in contempt for blocking site despite court order
Independent news site Bulatlat.com has asked the Quezon City court to cite in contempt the National Telecommunications Commission over its supposed continuous implementation of its memorandum to block access to its website despite an injunction order...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:44:00 +0800
LIVE: Senate blue ribbon committee starts hearings on 'pricey' DepEd laptops
"There have been many calls over the past few weeks to abolish the PS-DBM...I support these calls, but an equally – if not more urgent call – needs to be made: hold to account the officials who used the PS-DBM as their milking cow," Sen. Risa Ho...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:30:00 +0800
3 reported dead, 4 injured due to Florita — NDRRMC
In its latest report, NDRRMC confirmed two fatalities—one from Cagayan Valley and one from Cordillera Administrative Region.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Artist Rene Aranda, 66
Longtime editorial cartoonist of The Philippine STAR and mentor to countless illustrators in campus publications, Rene Aranda died early yesterday in his home in Pasay City. He was 66.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800
House, Cabinet execs to discuss 2023 budget
The ruling party, along with its allied political parties that comprise the super majority coalition at the House of Representatives, will have its own meeting with economic managers to deliberate on the proposed P5.268-trillion budget for next year.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Teacher drowns in storm’s wake
A public school teacher drowned after being swept away by rampaging floods while crossing a spillway during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Florita last Tuesday in Barangay San Roque, Bato, Camarines Sur.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Florita won’t raise veggie prices in NCR – DA
The onslaught of Tropical Storm Florita is not expected to push up vegetable prices in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Agriculture said yesterday.



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