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Vietnam, Canada look to boost trade cooperation
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PSEi slightly up on last-minute bargain hunting, peso flat
MANILA: The local bourse gained 5.36 points on last-minute bargain hunting while the peso moved sideways during trading on Wednesday, the last trading day before the Holy Week holidays.
The Philippine
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DepEd seeks more funds to repair disaster-damaged schools in Ilocos
LAOAG CITY: The Department of Education in the Ilocos Region (Region 1) is seeking more funds for the repair of schools damaged by previous calamities.
During the Regional Development Council (RDC)
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BIR issues over 100K digital TIN IDs
MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Online Registration and Update System (ORUS) has already issued 102,046 digital Tax Identification Number (TIN) IDs as of March 25 this year.
‘Reaching the
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Garments, symbols of saints in Lent procession tell stories
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Caretakers of images of saints at the St. Joseph Cathedral in the town of San Jose de Buenavista are painstakingly preparing
DOH reports 568 pertussis cases, 40 deaths from Jan.1-March 16
MANILA: The Department of Health on Wednesday reported that the number of pertussis cases in the country reached 568 with 40 deaths from January 1 to March 16, 2024, with
P3.8-M marijuana plants destroyed in Pangasinan
MALASIQUI: Government operatives seized 19,250 fully-grown marijuana plants worth PHP3.8 million during an operation in Aguilar town, Pangasinan, Tuesday.
The plants were also immediately burned on site after the operation, according
S. Korea, US launch task force to block N. Korea’s missile programs
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States have launched a task force to effectively block North Korea from financing its unlawful nuclear and missile programs, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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Calabarzon’s 2nd ‘most wanted’ nabbed in Laguna
CALAMBA CITY: Lawmen in this province are taking no vacations in their fight against crime as demonstrated by the arrest on Tuesday of a wanted kidnap suspect.
Col. Gauvin Unos, acting
LTO to receive 2.2M plastic cards to address backlog
MANILA: Another 2.2 million plastic cards are scheduled to be delivered to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) within a month and a half to narrow the backlog on plastic-printed driver’s
Khanh Hoa ramps up vessel control in anti-IUU fishing efforts
Khanh Hoa: The south central province of Khanh Hoa has been taking comprehensive measures to tighten control over fishing vessels as part of its efforts to combat illegal, reported, and
Northern Samar’s green lane targets to draw big investments
TACLOBAN CITY: The implementation of the green lane in Northern Samar is expected to attract more investments to the poverty-stricken province as it streamlines the business application processes.
Northern Samar provincial
Tan Hoang Minh Chairman receives 8-year prison sentence for fraud
Hanoi: The Hanoi People’s Court on March 27 handed down prison terms to 15 defendants involved in the case of ‘obtaining property by fraud’ at property developer Tan Hoang Minh.
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