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A health worker arranges the medical tent at Go Belmonte Super Health Center and Lying-in Clinic in Brgy. Holy Spirit, Quezon City on April 14, 2021.

Hospitals in NCR Plus commit more ICU beds

Hospitals in the National Capital Region Plus have vowed to allocate additional intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients, but it remains... Read more

â��The President will not personally attend but Iâ��m sure that our Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be there,â�� presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at a press briefing. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has been designated Philippine special envoy to the summit on Saturday.

Duterte skipping ASEAN summit on Myanmar

President Duterte won’t be able to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Jakarta, Indonesia this weekend,... Read more

Sand covers a discarded face mask on a beach.

Earth Day: Dispose of face masks properly

Malacañang reminded the public to dispose of used face masks properly as the world celebrated Earth Day yesterday. Read more

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Twenty-six percent of the 2,400 respondents of Pulse Asiaâ��s February 2021 Ulat sa Bayan survey said they would support a presidential bid of Duterte if the elections were held during the survey period last Feb. 22 to March 3.

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Sara top pick for president, Isko for VP – Pulse

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez (top) holds a virtual meeting with Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, governor general of The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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Romualdez presents credentials to Saint Kitts and Nevis

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4 hours ago - US President Joe Biden opened an international climate summit Thursday saying that the United States "isn't waiting" to lead on an issue of "...

6 hours ago - Karl Kendrick Chua has been appointed secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority, the Palace confirms on Thursday evening. Chua has been...

7 hours ago - French luxury goods group Hermes said Thursday that its sales jumped 38 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with 2020, bolstered by a strong perfo...

8 hours ago - Fake doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being sold in Mexico and Poland for as much as $2,500 a shot, the US drugmaker and an official confirm.&nb...

10 hours ago - A ranking communist rebel and his follower were killed while another leader was captured in an encounter with government forces Thursday dawn in Tigbao town, Za...

11 hours ago - A weekend summit on the Myanmar coup crisis will be a test for ASEAN's credibility and unity, a senior Thai official said Thursday, amid an escalating death...

13 hours ago - Typhoon Bising maintains its strength while moving to the east of Batanes. State weather bureau PAGASA has lifted Signal No. 1 over Isabela and other areas of ...

14 hours ago - US President Joe Biden is preparing to recognize the World War I-era killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, US media says. ...

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(From left) Vice President Leni Robredo, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Deputy House Speaker Rep. Mikee Romero.

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The Philippines fell two notches in the World Press Freedom Index, the fourth time it got a lower ranking on the list. It ranked 138th out of 180 countries this year, lower than its 136th ranking last year, according to a report released by press watchdog Reporters Without Borders

Palace downplays dip in press freedom rank

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Vaccination impact seen by November – Galvez

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In a study published by the Oxford University Press Public Health Emergency Collection, Cebu-based researchers Melona Deguma and Jabin Deguma cited how the manufacturing of fake tests exists in countries like the Philippines.

Crackdown vs fake COVID-19 tests, vaccine certificates sought

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â��The Palace confirms President Rodrigo Roa Duterteâ��s appointment of Mr. Karl Kendrick Chua as the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority,â�� presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement.

Chua named NEDA chief

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GT Foundation Inc. and Metrobank Foundation Inc. kept the tradition of gift-giving alive with Bags of Blessing even amid the pandemic. Photo shows a beneficiary receiving a food package at a supermarket Manila which served as one of the distribution sites in NCR.

GT Foundation completes 2021 Bags of Blessing; 18K families reached

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â��This Bayanihan 3 is being discussed now in Congress and the Senate. So, of course, we will support this to the extent the government can afford and also as long as this will really help [address] the problems,â�� Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said yesterday during the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Pre-Summit Dialogue.

DTI backs passage of Bayanihan 3

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Dousing cold water on rumors that he was endorsing boxing champion and Sen. Manny Pacquiao as president or anyone in next yearâ��s polls, Ang said he was not endorsing any candidate.

Businessmen urged: Don’t meddle in politics

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Top PNPA graduate vows not to succumb to corruption

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SEA vaccination rollout: Philippine ranks 4th

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‘Malasakit looks out for citizens needing medical aid’

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Every adversity is a great teacher. This pandemic is a global...

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Substantial and clerical errors

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The House helping with homes

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Competent leadership

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A long-overdue, fitting tribute to Khavn dela Cruz

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Virtual surrender of WPS to China?

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Frontliners get inoculated with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during the continuation of vaccination for health workers and frontliners at Marikina Sports Complex on March 24, 2021.

DOH identifies comorbidities to be prioritized for COVID-19 inoculation

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