For more than a decade of civil war, Syrians in rebel-held areas craned their necks to look at the sky — listening and fearing the sounds of an airplane engine or the whirring blades of a helicopter. Those sounds meant imminent danger. People scramb
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MANILA, Philippines The economic team of the Marcos administration has lowered its growth target for 2024cgebet, but adopted a more optimistic outlook for 2025 and beyond. The Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced
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MANILA, Philippines The government needs to expand the coverage of its biggest scholarship program to helpthin out overcrowded public schools, a group of Christian denomination-run private schools said over the weekend. The Association of Christian
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FILE PHOTO: Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who chairs the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), is aiming for an enhanced government disaster response via the Inter-Agency Coordinating Cell (IACC). INQUIRER PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines Malacaang has directed officials and employees of the government to scale down their Christmas celebrations and instead donate to communities devastated by the successive typhoons that hit the country. In line with the call of ou
ps88 Government downplays transport strike
2024-11-17MANILA, Philippines The government downplayed the transport strike launched yesterday by two groups, saying the protest would not derail the implementation of the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP). At a press briefing at Malacaang