PRESIDENT Duterte last Friday signed Republic Act 11524 creating the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund,” using some P75 billion known as “coco levy funds” generated from taxes collected from coconut farmers, millers, refiners, exporters, and other sectors of the coconut industry during the Marcos administration. The coconut farmers were taxed through various laws and […]
GOSPEL: Lk 16:19-31 * Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the […]
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BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III was quoted last week as saying that “aside from our health-care workers, we will prioritize vaccinating our economic front-line workforce.” Secretary Dominguez, who heads President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team, also reported that they are fast-tracking the rollout of the country’s vaccination program, noting that […]
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BY RICA CRUZ Hi Doc Rica, Seven years na kami together ng boyfriend ko. Sexually active kami for the past two years. Madami akong nababasa na it’s not the size that matters pero what he can do with it. Pero parang medyo nagiging boring na. And of course, we want to spice things up naman. […]
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BY ALEX CALLEJA Ang column na ito ay ginawa para sa mga taong may suliranin sa buhay na gusto ng agarang solusyon! Walang maliit o malaking problema, lahat dito, pantay-pantay! Huwag niyo nga lang seseryosohin kasi hindi lahat ng mababasa niyo dito totoo! Good vibes lang! Simulan na natin! • Hi Alex, Nawawala ang paborito […]
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BY ROBERT ROQUE JR. If the President had gathered all his wise advisers and figured out a strategy to pull the country’s economy from the ditch, I would have never guessed them prioritizing the cancellation of holidays this year to spur economic activity. It has been a week since the presidential proclamation made Nov. 2, […]
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