The European Union (EU) has pledged €570,000, or almost P34 million, worth of humanitarian aid for survivors of Tropical Storm “Vinta” (international name: Tembin).
Members of the House of Representatives are promoting “permanent dwelling” in the Kalayaan Group of Islands by allowing residents and investors to obtain titles to the land. The House committee on natural resources has approved a bill declaring the Kalayaan Group, which is part of Palawan, “alienable and disposable” land for agricultural, residential and commercial purposes.
The Duterte administration will apply the lessons from its previous experiences in the controversial drug war to make the campaign better in 2018, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.
DAVAO CITY -- Communist rebels in Southern Mindanao said they were ready to face “the full-scale war” that the Duterte administration would be unleashing on them next year.
Read more: Reds in Southern Mindanao ready to face Duterte’s ‘full-scale war’
A prominent member of the Chinese-Filipino community and anticrime advocate has written Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada to question the government’s stand on the installation of a “comfort woman” statue on Roxas Boulevard and its seeming subservience to the Japanese government.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is targeting a 12-to 15-percent growth in merchandise exports next year, hoping the export industry will continue its recovery.
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