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Digital property management has huge 'scalable' potential in PH: stakeholder

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Posted at May 13 12:40 PM

Inventi said Thursday digital software-based building and properties management has huge potential to grow in the country especially during the pandemic.  Read more »

Philippine economy likely contracted 5 percent in Q1: economist

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Posted at May 10 12:38 PM

The Philippine economy possibly contracted again in the first quarter as the jobs market, demand, borrowing and other indicators remain "repressed," an economist said Monday.  Read more »

'A time for everything': Isko 'honored' to be potential bet for 1SAMBAYAN ticket

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Updated as of Mar 19 11:17 AM

MANILA - Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Friday thanked the newly-formed coalition 1SAMBAYAN for considering him as one of their potential candidates for the national elections on 2022. Read more »

Will IKEA sell Philippine-made products? There is ‘potential,' official says

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 11:24 AM

Philippine-made items such as beads and bamboo products have "potential" to be sold at IKEA stores, the Swedish furniture-maker's Southeast Asia development manager Georg Platzer said Friday. Read more »

Agri group bats for more loans to local hog raisers, warns vs pork tariff cuts

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Posted at Feb 18 11:47 AM

Instead of lowering tariffs on pork, the government should give local farmers access to more funds so they can grow the hog population in the country which will solve the problem of rising pork prices, an agriculture advocacy group said Thursday.   Read more »

Online flower sales bloom before Valentine's amid pandemic

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Posted at Feb 12 11:16 AM

Online flower shops are raking it in before Valentine's Day as people prefer to have flowers delivered instead of going out to buy gifts for their loved ones amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the founder of Flowerstore.ph said Friday. Read more »

'Akala nila FDA is like a rubber stamp': regulator bemoans disregard for authority

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Updated as of Dec 31 02:05 PM

The FDA asserted its authority to regulate vaccines after officials admitted that members of the President's security detail got inoculated against COVID-19 despite the medicine lacking approval from the regulator.  Read more »

'Everything could go wrong': FDA warns on dangers of injecting self with vaccine

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Posted at Dec 31 10:13 AM

MANILA - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of possible dangers of self-injection following the admission of the head of President Rodrigo Duterte’s security team that they inoculated themselves with a Chinese made COVID-19 vaccine that has yet to get the regulatory body’s approval.  Read more »

Reviving death penalty 'ignorance of law,' says ex-CHR chair

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Updated as of Dec 24 09:32 AM

Renewing calls for death penalty is "ignorance of the law," a former Commission on Human Rights chairperson said Thursday after at least 2 lawmakers sought to revive the capital punishment. Read more »

Panelo sorry for 'opinion' based on 'inaccurate' information about Robredo relief operations

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 03:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's legal counsel on Wednesday said he had apologized to Vice President Leni Robredo for claiming that she was free-riding on the government's relief effort for survivors of typhoon Ulysses.  Read more »

1 missing, 1 injured in Marinduque after Rolly's onslaught: governor

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 10:39 AM

At least 1 person is missing while another one was injured in Marinduque after Typhoon Rolly triggered flash floods in the province over the weekend, Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr. said Monday. Read more »

National ID registration 'on track' despite pandemic, weather disturbances: PSA

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Posted at Oct 28 10:23 AM

Despite the inclement weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, the registration for the national ID system is “on track” to reach its goal of reaching at least 5 million low income households before the end of the year, Philippine Statistics Authority Asec. Rosalinda Bautista told ANC.  Read more »

LRT-1 operator says it's safe to ride trains

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Posted at Sep 18 03:16 PM

LRT-1 operator Light Rail Manila Corp said Friday the biggest challenge right now is keeping passengers informed that riding trains are safe despite the easing of social distancing in public transport.  Read more »

DOH sees 'big hope' even as critics question COVID-19 mass recovery

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 01:15 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was seeing “big hope” in increasing recoveries from the novel coronavirus, even as the total COVID-19 cases of the Philippines exceed that of China, and the agency’s pandemic reporting drew criticism.    Read more »

Cancellation of school year due to COVID-19 not an option for Philippines: lawmaker

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Posted at Jun 29 10:50 AM

Senate Committee on Basic Education, Culture and Arts chair Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday reiterated his support for the continuity of classes despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

PH can go to UNCLOS tribunal over 2019 boat-ramming incident in Recto Bank: Carpio

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Updated as of Jun 11 03:28 PM

The Philippines can go to an international tribunal to demand reparation from China over last year's ramming incident by a Chinese fishing vessel of a Philippine fishing boat in the Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea, retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said Thursday.   Read more »

Palace mulls jeepney drivers as coronavirus contact tracers

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Updated as of Jun 03 11:17 AM

MANILA - Out of work jeepney drivers could soon be hired as contact tracers in the government's campaign against the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Palace spokesperson said Wednesday. Read more »

Virus vigilance: Expert says keep away from crowds during GCQ

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Updated as of May 29 11:40 AM

MANILA - A public health expert on Friday said Metro Manila is ready to transition to general quarantine after a 2-month lockdown, but urged people to exercise vigilance and presence of mind to prevent the spread of the virus.   Read more »

PGH expands COVID-19 testing with new Lopez Group initiative

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Posted at May 28 12:50 PM

First Gen Corp and ABS-CBN Corp will complete within the month an on-going donation of P46 million worth of new machines and lab equipment, bringing PGH's capacity to 1,500 tests per shift from 150, the Lopez group said in a statement.   Read more »

'Baka naman may gumagana': Duterte, ipinag-utos ang pag-rehistro sa traditional medicine - Roque

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Updated as of May 27 07:24 PM

Ipinamamadali ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ang proseso ng pagrehistro sa Chinese traditional medicine na posibleng magamit sa paggamot sa mga pasyenteng may COVID-19.   Read more »