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ES Rodriguez: We asked SRA to justify imports; they couldn’t
(Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the August 17, 2022 issue of the Manila Times. We are reprinting it due to its relevance and with the kind permission of the author).…
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‘Okada case’ blots PH image as investment place
THE unresolved management and ownership row at the famed Okada Manila Resort and Casino in Parañaque City, is causing a blot in the Philippines’ image as a stable investment…
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Zubiri echoes PBBM, wants review, amendment, of ‘EPIRA’
SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri last Monday, August 8, 2022, took to the floor to deliver a privilege speech where he raised the alarm on the steep rise of electricity rates in…
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LTO chief warns foreign IT contractor to shape up or ship out
NEWLY-installed Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief, Assistant Secretary Teofilo Guadiz III, is studying the possibility of replacing the agency’s current foreign information…
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Comm. Ruiz appoints ‘SG-10’ as new BOC XIP-head
BUREAU of Customs commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, continues to give a break to low-ranking employees, this time appointing a ‘Salary Grade 10’ customs intelligence agent as the new…
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‘Jagger’ leaves BOC with highest collection record
FORMER Armed Forces (AFP) chief of Staff, Gen. Rey Leonardo ‘Jagger’ Guerrero, has left behind a legacy of leadership as Commissioner of Customs that is hard to match nor surpass, as…
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‘FVR,’ president behind PH ‘deindustrialization’ dies from COVID
FIDEL Valdez Ramos, the 12th Philippine president (1992 – 1998) and who presided on the country's descent towards ‘deindustrialization’ and economic control by the oligarchs, has died…
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Antiporda formally assumes as NIA administrator
VETERAN newsman, Benny Antiporda, on Friday, July 29, 2022, formally assumes his post as administrator of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), during a well-attended turn…
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PBBM appoints 2-term NPC president as NIA administrator
PRESIDENT Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., has appointed another veteran newsman, Benny Antiporda, into his official family as Acting Administrator and member of the board of the…
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Agri, farmers, boosting economy, to get greater government attention
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., on Monday, July 25, 2022, delivered his first ‘State of the Nation Address (SONA) before the members of the newly-constituted 19th Congress…
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