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Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:48:00 +0800
Daily COVID-19 cases may decline to 429 by December — DOH
DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Alethea de Guzman said there may be around 429 COVID-19 cases per day nationally “if our current minimum public health compliance remains the same.”

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:13:00 +0800
Hontiveros: Immigration officials linked to trafficking of Pinoys to Myanmar for crypto scam
"The plot gets thicker. And not only does the plot thicken, it looks like we have heard this plot before. It feels like I have déjà vu," Hontiveros said in Filipino in her opening statement at Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Ch...

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:27:00 +0800
Israel makes pitch for Philippine tech innovation through schools, startups
One of the ways the Philippines can be more friendly to startups and incubators for innovation is through partnering with academic institutions, especially using research developed in universities.

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:20:00 +0800
Gender equality? Female students not exempted in mandatory ROTC revival
Should the current proposals to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps program in college pass Congress, even female students will have to participate.

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:38:00 +0800
Former energy chief Cusi indicted for libel over comments about Gatchalian
According to the prosecutor's resolution, Cusi — who sued journalists across seven newsrooms — also argued that Gatchalian, being a public officer, "should not be too onion-skinned."

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:10:00 +0800
Anti-drug raids to continue with over 24k 'drug personalities' arrested under Marcos — DILG
"BIDA will also focus on supporting drug addicts so that they can completely change their lives [but] the raids on drug dens and the police and other authorities' pursuit of drug lords, financiers and drug peddlers will not stop. That's still going o...

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:05:00 +0800
Gov't COVID-19 vaccine purchases risk COA disallowance if DOH keeps seal on docs
The Commission on Audit may issue a notice of disallowance on the government’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines if the Department of Health would keep the documents related to this confidential.

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:42:00 +0800
Senator wants regulated parking fees nationwide
"While we respect businesses that help grow our economy, we also need to balance and protect the interests of the majority. So we should only regulate the parking fees that sometimes are not fair anymore," Revilla added.

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:16:00 +0800
House passes bill strengthening anti-discrimination law for women workers
The bill seeks to strengthen the anti-discrimination provisions of the law by providing that it “shall be unlawful for any employer to discriminate against any woman employee with respect to terms and conditions of employment solely on account of h...

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0800
Informal settler housing must be close to livelihood – senators
Government housing projects for informal settler families should be vertically built, close to their source of livelihood and accessible to basic services, senators said yesterday.



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