Windows26: Marcos sees signing of PPP deal for Naia’s rehabilitation

March 18, 2024

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Marcos sees signing of PPP deal for Naia's rehabilitation

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday witnessed the signing of the public-private partnership (PPP) agreement for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).

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Marcos, Biden, Kishida to hold trilateral meet

The Philippines, the United States and Japan are in the final stages of planning the first official meeting between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his counterparts US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington next month.

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Labor group asks employers to grant wage hike: 'P150 is just for coffee'

Hotel owners can afford to pay its workers more as the tourism industry has already rebounded from the losses of the COVID-19 pandemic, a labor group said on Sunday.

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Biden jokes about Trump's mental fitness

US President Joe Biden took jabs on Saturday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about the mental fitness of his election opponent during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the 1880s.

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MCX allowed to increase toll starting March 18

Motorists who pass through the Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway (MCX) will have to pay P1 to P3 more in toll starting Monday, March 18.

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Fruits of President's travels

Critics have lambasted the foreign trips of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a waste of precious taxpayer money. But are they?

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Mental health key to treating TB

Launched on Friday, a three-year project funded by the US Agency for International Development hopes to integrate mental health-care management with TB treatment through a regional collaborative framework among national and local governments, medical groups, civil society and grassroots communities.

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UAAP: Final Four hopeful FEU knows improvement is a must in 2nd round

Christine Ubaldo felt relieved that Far Eastern University (FEU) has inched toward its ultimate goal with another win. But the Lady Tamaraws' ace setter is likewise skeptical with four other teams breathing down their necks.

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What to expect from GPT 4.5

OpenAI is believed to be working on an update to its multimodal language model, just over a year after the release of GPT 4. This new version, dubbed GPT-4.5 Turbo, could be launching in the summer of 2024.

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Young filmmaker aims to uplift Filipino culture through films, docus

His name may not yet ring a bell for most Filipinos, but Luis Villanueva is determined to make his mark in the global film industry, one video at a time.

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