Windows26: PhilHealth chief replaced in wake of ouster calls

February 5, 2025

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering vloggers challenging the House probe on fake news, the DA's push to lower rice prices, and the leadership shake-up at PhilHealth.

PhilHealth chief replaced in wake of ouster calls

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday swore in a new president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. amid the string of controversies that hounded the state health insurer.

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Vloggers question House 'fake news' probe at SC

A House inquiry into the proliferation of fake news on social media got under way on Tuesday but immediately drew a legal challenge from the very people it had invited as resource persons.

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Electricity cheaper in cool January

Lower demand amid cooler weather pulled down electricity spot market prices by 14.3 percent in January, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop).

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DA goal: Cut rice prices to 2023 levels of P41-P45

Following its declaration of a food security emergency, the Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to further lower rice retail prices to July 2023 levels—P41 per kilogram for regular milled rice and P45 per kg for well-milled rice.

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10 killed in what officials say is Sweden's worst mass shooting

About 10 people, including the gunman, were killed on Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden's prime minister called the country's worst mass shooting. But a final death toll, a conclusive number of wounded and a motive hadn't yet been determined hours later.

That these unacceptable blunders go on can also be attributed to the fact that not enough accountability is exacted. Too few government officials or involved personnel face punishment for these misdeeds that come at the expense of the Filipinos.

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