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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday said his administration will catch up with the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) following delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The President made the remarks during an interview with reporters, following his attendance at graduation ceremony of the Philippine Army Officer Candidate Course “Gaigmat”…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered all government offices and departments to adopt the National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, and Counter Proliferation Financing Strategy (NACS) 2023-2027. “In accordance with their respective mandates, all departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices of the National Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) are directed, and all local government…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday issued Executive Order (EO) No. 32, streamlining the permitting process for the construction of telecommunications and Internet infrastructure in the country. The EO stressed the need to institutionalize a set of streamlined guidelines for the issuance of permits, licenses, and certificates for the construction of telecommunications and Internet…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. today ordered an investigation into the smuggling of onion and other agricultural products, calling such act as being tantamount to economic sabotage. In a statement, President Marcos said, “I have just given instructions to the DOJ and the NBI to initiate an investigation into the hoarding, smuggling (and) price fixing…
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The “Oplan Kandado” Team of Revenue Region (RR) No. 8A-Makati City, led by Regional Investigation Division Chief, Atty. Zeus Gamaliel Mendoza and Asst. Division Chief, Atty. Jesse Alcaraz, temporarily closed a Chinese restaurant and its four (4) branches on June 29, 2023, for violating Section 115 of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997,…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved in principle the lifting of the country’s public health emergency status, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said on Tuesday, July 04. “Yes, actually, this was one of his first instructions to me, to really get out of the COVID pandemic,” Herbosa told reporters during a briefing in Malacañang when asked…
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The country’s inflation rate continued to slow down for the fifth consecutive month, registering its lowest rate in 13 months, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The Philippine Statistics Authority reported today that inflation eased further to 5.4 percent in June 2023 from 6.1 percent in May 2023, marking the lowest rate…
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The Government of Japan conferred its prestigious national decoration to former Defense Secretary and current Chairman of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Delfin N. Lorenzana for his instrumental role in enhancing defense relations and cooperation between Japan and the Philippines. Lorenzana was bestowed The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star…
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The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, under District Collector Ricardo Uy Morales II, apprehended last June 26, 2023 an export shipment containing P1.794-million worth of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride otherwise known as Shabu bound to South, Korea. The BOC discovered said illegal drugs in a shipment declared as “used MI Smart Speaker” shipped from Pasig…
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Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno welcomed the Philippines’ standing in the 2023 lnvestor Relations and Debt Transparency Report released by the lnstitute of lnternational Finance (llF) in June 2023. According to the report, the Philippines ranked 3rd out of 41 countries in terms of investor relations (IR) practices. It attained an IR country score of…
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