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Umapela si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa Kongreso na agarang aprubahan ang panukalang National ­bud­get para sa taong 2026 na mahalagang hakbang para sa pagtataguyod ng mas maunlad na kinabukasan para sa bansa.

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As far as President Marcos is concerned, having a reenacted budget next year is more tolerable than implementing a spending bill that is inconsistent with his administration’s expenditure program.

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Authorities discovered text blasters and other scamming devices owned by a Chinese national after a fire broke out at his rented house in Quezon City on Tuesday.

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I have long wondered if our national leaders had the right national priorities guiding them.

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Sanso, who passed away last week at the age of 95, basked in the sunlight and danced in the moonlight, so to speak.

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Umapela si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa Kongreso na agarang aprubahan ang panukalang National ­bud­get para sa taong 2026 na mahalagang hakbang para sa pagtataguyod ng mas maunlad na kinabukasan para sa bansa.

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As far as President Marcos is concerned, having a reenacted budget next year is more tolerable than implementing a spending bill that is inconsistent with his administration’s expenditure program.

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Authorities discovered text blasters and other scamming devices owned by a Chinese national after a fire broke out at his rented house in Quezon City on Tuesday.

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I have long wondered if our national leaders had the right national priorities guiding them.

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Sanso, who passed away last week at the age of 95, basked in the sunlight and danced in the moonlight, so to speak.

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