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Japan hoping Mindanao talks, IMT resume

Manila :: Philippines | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Source: Inquirer.net

Japan "strongly hopes" peace negotiations between the government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will resume so the International Monitoring Team (IMT) can also reconvene. At 75th birthday celebration of the Japanese emperor Wednesday...

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Scrapping lower-valued coins unfair to consumers

Manila :: Philippines | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Source: GMA News

Scrapping coins whose values fall below one peso would be impractical for the Philippine government and unfair to consumers, a government official said on Thursday...The official was prompted to issue this statement after Parañaque Representative Roilo Golez filed a proposed...

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Rains may linger longer

Manila :: Philippines | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Inquirer.net

Philippines-Christmas and chilly weather may be in the air, but don't store your raincoats and umbrellas just yet. Thursday said rains will be widespread over most parts of the country, especially in Central and Southern Luzon and the Bicol region....

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Oil prices to drop even more — Platts

Manila :: Philippines | about 9 hours ago | Business News

Source: Business World

We seem to be near the floor prices but then it still going down below $40 per barrel by year-end," said Jorge Montepeque, Platts global director of market reports. "Some people are talking about oil prices hitting $35 a barrel,"...

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Christmas Malware

Manila :: Philippines | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

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FBI is giving out warnings in-connection with cyber Mondays, against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and advertisements for shopping bargains. These bogus e-mail attempts are to entice victims to dummy e-commerce sites in...

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Lapus urges educators to optimize existing ICT programs

Manila :: Philippines | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Positive News Media

Oracle and Microsoft are some of the institutions that support DepEd in its goal to bring digital literacy to Filipino students and make them competitive with country's more progressive neighbors. DepEd has increased its ICT-related efforts to sustain the initiatives...

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Meralco cuts generation charges for December

Manila :: Philippines | about 12 hours ago | Technology News

Source: GMA News

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said that the use of banked" gas by the two natural gas-fired plants was responsible for the P0.45 reduction in generation charges of its customers for December. Natural gas that was contracted but not consumed...

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Female smokers getting younger and younger - study

Manila :: Philippines | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Source: GMA News

Three out of 10 women aged 13 to 15 are already smokers, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance-Philippines said Thursday...The same study indicated that 18.7 percent of young women in the 13 to 25 age brackets are smokers. Limpin...

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Money laundering cases in jeopardy

Manila :: Philippines | about 10 hours ago | Political News

Source: Business World

Agnes VST Devanadera said the high court’s decision requiring prior notice before bank account probes could affect pending money laundering cases. In a chance interview, the government lawyer said "[that] is now a problem. What would happen now to the...

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Makati starts giving P1,000 year-end gift to senior citizens

Manila :: Philippines | about 9 hours ago | No category

Source: GMA News

Philippines – Makati City Hall started distributing on Tuesday the year-end P1,000 cash gift to senior citizens (those aged 60 or older) under its Blu Card program, Mayor Jejomar Binay said in a statement. The city has 37,376 senior citizens...

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