Windows26: No ‘friend’: Hontiveros query on OVP book irks VP Duterte

August 21, 2024

Hi, reader! Today, we're covering a testy exchange between VP Duterte and Sen. Hontiveros over book funding, new VAT-free medicines for diabetes and cancer, plus Malacañang's order to revoke Alice Guo's passport following her escape.

No 'friend': Hontiveros query on OVP book irks VP Duterte

A P10-million allocation for the publication of a children's book written by Vice President Sara Duterte triggered a testy exchange between her and Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who questioned the propriety of the item tucked in the proposed 2025 budget of the country's second highest official.

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12 drugs vs diabetes, cancer, TB now VAT-free

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added 12 more medicines to the list of health products exempted from the value-added tax (VAT), making these more affordable to Filipinos.

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Palace orders Guo passport canceled after reported exit

Malacañang has ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to revoke the Philippine passport of dismissed Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac, a day after government officials revealed that she had fled the country.

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Road mishap involving sand-loaded truck hurts 8 in Eastwood, Quezon City

Eight people were injured when a truck loaded with sand and an L300 van crashed at C5-Eastwood, Quezon City on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said.

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PH still world's 2nd largest pineapple exporter

The Philippines has kept its title as the world's second-largest exporter of pineapples behind Costa Rica, with the volume rising by 2 percent in 2023 due to the rising demand from China.

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EDITORIAL: A day to remember, holiday or not

Holiday or not, may we take a moment today to appreciate Ninoy Aquino's place in Philippine history, that his death led to the rekindling of the light of democracy that we must never take for granted nor be allowed to dim again.

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