Windows26: Marcos sneers at fugitive Quiboloy’s demands

April 9, 2024

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In today's headlines: President Marcos Jr. dismisses Quiboloy's demands, gasoline prices surge again, and Meralco slashes April electricity rates by nearly P1/kWh.

Marcos sneers at fugitive Quiboloy's demands

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday spurned the demands made by televangelist Apollo Quiboloy in exchange for his surrender, saying fugitives enjoyed no such right to lay down conditions.

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Gasoline price goes up again

Oil companies jacked up the prices of their products on Tuesday by as much as P1.55 per liter just a week after they implemented a mixed priced adjustment.

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Meralco cuts April electricity rate by nearly P1 per kilowatt-hour

Electricity consumers get some relief as power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced a rate reduction of almost one peso per kilowatt-hour in April due to lower generation and transmission charges.

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Heat turns PH classrooms into ovens: What to know

Architect Gerard Lico says most of the current classrooms that are built based on the "standard design" set by the DepEd and DPWH are not ideal for a tropical country, where the climate is "hot to warm and moist all year."

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PH 'trying everything' to cool down WPS tension

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said the Philippine government was "trying everything" to engage countries and cool down the tension in the West Philippine Sea to avoid a repeat of incidents of China's aggression.

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EDITORIAL: The better part of valor

Not many living Filipinos experienced the events we remember today, Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor), which commemorates the bravery during the Battle of Bataan and the Death March.

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White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon

On Tuesday, the White House tasked NASA with setting a standard time for the moon and celestial bodies, aiming to establish international space norms.

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Apple is reportedly building mobile robots

Apple Insider Mark Gurman said the Cupertino tech giant is exploring various "personal robotics" projects to create its "next big thing."

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Sarno proves skeptics wrong in bagging Paris slot as tougher work starts

Vanessa Sarno will start a more demanding training program in her quest to topple the toughest bunch in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Randy Santiago raises brow on younger acts disrespecting their seniors

Randy Santiago is confident that younger Filipino artists—those who might be thinking that now's their time and that they know better—will never disrespect their seniors.

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