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1 week ago | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva |Michael Punongbayan |Bella Cariaso
MANILA, Philippines — Senator-elect and outgoing ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is asking concerned government agencies to halt the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to areas caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
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3 weeks ago | 
philstar.com | Louella Desiderio |Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines — Business groups yesterday expressed support for the postponement of EDSA’s rehabilitation to give stakeholders enough time to prepare for its impact. Adjustments must be made by businesses to help ease workers’ burden of commuting, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Enunina Mangio told The STAR yesterday. Fixing Metro Manila’s busiest highway is “long overdue and needed,” the Management Association of the Philippines noted.
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1 month ago | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva |Alexis Romero
MANILA, Philippines — As officials feel anxiety over his surprise move to seek their courtesy resignations, President Marcos made light of the situation during an engagement with some Cabinet members and lawmakers yesterday. While he was acknowledging the guests who attended the presentation of two newly enacted laws at Malacañang, Marcos, who is conducting a performance review of his appointees, wondered whether he still has Cabinet officials.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva |Ghio Ong
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has filed a complaint of cyberlibel against a vice mayoralty candidate in Isabela Province for posting videos on Facebook purportedly proving that vote counting machines could be “manipulated” using a “backroom program.” Comelec Chairman George Garcia led the filing of complaint for violation of Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 against 36-year old Jeryll Harold Respicio who is running for...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines — The six million ballots that have been printed for the May 12 midterm elections will have to be disposed of through shredding following the Supreme Court (SC)’s issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the disqualification of one senatorial aspirant, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has kept premium rate contribution at five percent for this year or the same as last year’s figure, in accordance with the Universal Health Care Act. “All direct contributors are hereby advised that the premium rate effective the applicable period of January 2025 remains at 5.0 percent, with an income floor of P10,000 and income ceiling of P100,000,” PhilHealth said in its Advisory No. 2025-0002.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Rhodina Villanueva
4 hours agoMasterstroke by Modi govt as this Muslim nation to buy BrahMos missile, deal is worth Rs…, the country is…Indonesian Defense Ministry has sent an official letter to their Indian counterparts to work out the finer details of the $450 million deal, which …2 hours ago‘What An Idiot’: LA County Residents Blast Dem Leadership As Fires Compound Litany Of Failed PoliciesPACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
qa.philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos may have to pay at least 18 percent more for hospitalization – possibly by the beginning of the second quarter of the year – largely due to rising costs of medical supplies, Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) president Dr. Jose Rene de Grano said over the weekend. In an interview, De Grano said the figure might even be higher in view of rising inflation.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
qa.philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide ban takes effect today on the carrying of firearms and on the transfer, reassignment or suspension of state workers and officials, as the country officially enters the election period in the run-up to the May 11 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday. Under the Omnibus Election Code, the election period shall commence 90 days before the day of the election and shall end 30 days after, or on June 11.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
philstar.com | Rhodina Villanueva |Artemio Dumlao
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified a political aspirant who wants to challenge House Speaker Martin Romualdez as representative of the first district of Leyte in the May elections. The Comelec said Romilda Bacale is not a registered voter in Tacloban. “Bacale has just transferred from Sampaloc,” Comelec Chairman George Garcia said, adding that the poll body’s decision is final and executory.
