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Trimming the Party List

The Commission on Elections is eyeing a shorter list of party-list groups participating in the May 2025 elections, as Chairman George Garcia said it wants to cut down the number of groups who would be fielding bets in the party-list

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Still dangerous

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration warned that heat indices in the country will soon hit levels of “extreme danger” in the coming days and next month, as temperatures continue to rise at the height of the summer

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Power problems

The Energy Regulatory Commission is investigating why several power plants remained offline on Thursday, prompting the continued issuance of red and yellow alerts in Luzon and Visayas. “Based on our findings, we will formalize the investigation to determine compliance or

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Pushing through resistance

Thirty years of progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls are now at risk, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warned. Thirty years ago, at a conference in Cairo, 179 countries agreed to put reproductive health at

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Power compromise

The Department of Energy has urged Filipinos to minimize the use of high-energy consuming devices, such as air conditioners and elevators, during peak hours, as the National Grid Corporation was forced to implement outages amid the energy supply’s inability to

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Vaping and injuries

Experts have been warning of a possible epidemic of EVALI, or electronic cigarette or vape-associated lung injury, in the Philippines, where the tobacco industry is targeting less discerning and curious young people. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey in 2019 showed

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Adapting to the heat

As global monitors warn that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes and rising greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations has warned that massive heat waves across East Asia and the Pacific

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Game changer

Unless they can shift to more knowledge-based services that mostly require human intelligence and skills, Filipino workers are more at risk of being replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI), compared to their peers in the regions, according to the flagship economic

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Wangwang again

President Marcos has issued an order prohibiting government officials and employees from using vehicle sirens and blinkers indiscriminately or just to force their way through heavy traffic, along with reducing the list of government VIPs who are entitled to special

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An ounce of prevention…

If the surge in measles and pertussis cases in the country isn’t enough, the World Health Organization has also sounded the alarm over the rising incidence of viral Hepatitis in the Philippines, as a WHO report placed us 9th among

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