The House of Representatives is prioritizing amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law in a bid to reduce the retail prices of rice, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez assured on Tuesday.

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The Social Security System (SSS) has called out more than 1,200 employers nationwide to settle unpaid contributions that sum up to over P335 million.

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The Department of Justice (DoJ) recorded a 95.65% success rate for prosecuting cases with witnesses covered in 2023.

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Mountain climbers heading to the famous Mt. Pulag in Kabayan, Benguet will no longer see the pristine Lake Tabeo as it has dried up in this summer season scourged by El Niño.

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A senator has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the recent red and yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas power grids amid increased demand due to record heat.

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Some 85% of Filipino companies now have anti-discriminatory policies for members of the LGBTQ+ community that represents individuals belonging to a spectrum of genders, the latest study by the Philippine Financial Industry Pride (PFIP) showed.

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Philippine education officials on Tuesday said they have endorsed to the President a plan to end the school year by March 2025 to allow for an April-May school break amid calls to adjust the school calendar due to extreme heat.

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A Teduray tribal chieftain was killed while his companion was wounded in an ambush on Monday afternoon in Barangay Tuayan in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur.

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The current law providing financial assistance to laid-off workers is insufficient to meet their needs amid increases in basic commodities, a congressman said on Tuesday.

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The Philippines on Tuesday accused China’s coast guard of harassment and damaging one of its boats near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, and rejected Beijing’s claim that it had expelled two vessels from the hotly contested shoal.

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Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years into expanding cloud services and artificial intelligence in Indonesia, including building data centers, visiting chief executive Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.

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Online fast-fashion retailer Shein is courting brands like toothpaste conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive and toymaker Hasbro as it tries to sell more household names on its platform.

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Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of robusta coffee, have sharply increased use of irrigation in the main producing regions of the country amid excessive dryness, but they are now running low on water, a report said on Monday.

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Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Malaysia has temporarily closed outlets in the country, citing challenging economic conditions, after local media reported that the closings were because of boycotts over the fast food chain’s perceived links to Israel.

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Southeast Asia heat breaches records and prompts gas buying:

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Premier League clubs have taken a step towards implementing a spending cap, voting on Monday for the league to complete the economic and legal analysis needed for such a model.

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Sweet-shooting Marcio Lassiter is on target for the esteemed honor of the Philippine Basketball Association’s (PBA) premier long-range gunner of all time.

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For two straight games, the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Lady Knights were sent free-falling back to earth and reduced to mere title-pretenders after starting the season with four victories in a row.

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TNT aims to play its cards right against also-ran Converge to gain passage to the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals today at the PhilSports Arena.

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OPINION | Three ways to solve plastic pollution
By David Fickling
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