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Thursday, 16 January 2025

Enrile questions INC ‘logic’ vs VP Sara Duterte impeach raps

January 17, 2024

Hi, reader! Today, we're covering the MMDA's proposal for a 7-to-4 work schedule to ease traffic, the UAE's $15-B renewable energy investment, and Enrile questioning the INC's "logic" on VP Duterte impeachment raps.

Enrile questions INC 'logic' vs VP Sara Duterte impeach raps

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile warned that the country would face a "very detrimental precedent" if Filipinos followed the implied reasoning of the recent Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally opposing efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.

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UAE's Masdar commits $15-B investment in PH renewable projects

The Marcos administration has scored a win as Masdar, a clean energy giant based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has committed about $15 billion worth of investments in the local renewable market.

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Lawmakers: Why Chinese minority shareholder as NGCP chair?

Amid mounting concerns over potential Chinese control of the nation's power transmission system, House members have questioned the election of a Chinese national as board chair of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

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MMDA eyes '7-to-4' work sked in gov't offices

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Thursday that it would recommend to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that national government agencies (NGAs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) also adopt the 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. work schedule to ease traffic ahead of the targeted rehabilitation of Edsa this year.

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How can NFA sell 300,000 tons of 'aging' rice stocks?

Amid the high prices of rice, the National Food Authority (NFA) is burdened with some 300,000 tons of the staple food in its warehouses that are "aging" and must be disposed of soon.

With corruption deeply entrenched in the police organization, the PNP leadership must make good its recent statement to ensure that "accountability remains paramount, even for retired or resigned personnel." Indeed, when law enforcers themselves show contempt for the rule of law, they bring the entire justice system to disrepute and cause irreparable damage to people's trust in government institutions.

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

A first: Comelec discards 6M ballots costing P132M

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January 16, 2024

Hi there, reader! Today, we're covering VP Kamala Harris reaffirming U.S. support for the Philippines, declining satisfaction ratings for Marcos and Duterte, plus Comelec's discarding of 6 million ballots costing P132M.

A first: Comelec discards 6M ballots costing P132M

The Comelec on Wednesday sought to allay fears of the May 12 elections being postponed as it announced the adjustments it would make after being ordered by the Supreme Court to include in the ballot five candidates whom the poll body earlier disqualified.

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Court orders arrest of 29 in 'staged' anti-drug ops

The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Monday ordered the arrest of 29 policemen involved in the bungling of prosecution of arrested personalities implicated in the P6.7 billion shabu drug trade.

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Harris to Marcos: US must stand with PH amid China 'provocations'

In a phone call with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., outgoing United States Vice President Kamala Harris said Washington must stand with Manila and honor its "enduring" defense commitments to its longtime security ally to uphold the rule of law in the South China Sea.

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Marcos, Duterte, other execs' satisfaction ratings down

Filipinos' satisfaction with the performance of the President, Vice President, as well as the leaders of Congress and the judiciary all declined in the fourth quarter of 2024, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Wednesday showed.

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Labor lawyer, workers' group ask Supreme Court to disqualify Quiboloy

After failing to convince the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to grant their petition, labor lawyer Sonny Matula and the Workers' and Peasants' Party (WPP) have turned to the Supreme Court in their bid to have detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy disqualified from running in the May elections.

Having lost Scarborough, and with its arbitral victory ignored and trampled upon by its giant neighbor, the Philippines must not allow China — through its behemoth ship — to gain any more foothold in the country's waters.

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In battle of two teams with very little at stake, Bossing beat Dyip
Michelin, return of a la carte, the continuous rise of Filipino cuisine, and other predictions for 2025
MMFF 2024 hits: 'And the Breadwinner Is,' 'Green Bones,' 'The Kingdom'

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