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5 days ago · Good things come in threes, with recent government initiatives seemingly tripling the glad tidings of the season. Early this week, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said that, effective immediately, purchase booklets are no longer required for senior citizens to avail of the 20-percent discount on medicines.
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Finding our innocence | Inquirer Opinion
2 days ago · It will be a year until Christmas 2025, but the gift of this season lingers in its affirmation of innocence. The Holy Child embodies the innocence inherent in all of us—an innocence we may have discarded or polluted but that remains part of our nature.
What could the Trump presidency mean for the Philippines?
2 days ago · The US and the Philippines have developed a strong economic relationship over the years. In 2023 alone, the US was the Philippines’ top export destination ($11.5 billion), biggest source of overseas Filipino remittances ($13.7 billion), largest source of development assistance grants ($615 million), fourth biggest source of FDI inflows ($113.1 million), and …
The imperative to combat illegal recruitment | Inquirer Opinion
1 day ago · This moment also serves as an important reminder of the challenges faced by OFWs and the systemic issues surrounding illegal recruitment. Veloso has consistently maintained that she was a victim of illegal recruiters who deceived her with promises of legitimate employment as a domestic helper in Malaysia, only to find herself ensnared in a drug trafficking scheme.
Is the 2025 national budget anti-poor? | Inquirer Opinion
5 days ago · For her part, Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate finance panel, lauded the passage of the 2025 budget in the bicameral body, saying that the budget “reflects significant increases in funding priority sectors like social protection, education, health, livelihood, disaster response … and that these increases demonstrate the government’s commitment to …
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Meltdown won’t melt real issue | Inquirer Opinion
Oct 24, 2024 · Uncomfortable questions. On top of the already unprecedented use of P125 million in just 11 days comes the findings that P16 million of these funds were used by the OVP to rent 34 safe houses from Dec. 21-31, 2022, with one rental costing P91,000 a day.
The pain of the privileged | Inquirer Opinion
Sep 1, 2024 · In contrast, VP Sara appeared in both the Senate and the House of Representatives expecting, as in previous years, to be given a free pass. In both appearances in 2024, she took a passive-aggressive stance that essentially questioned the legislators’ right to question her about the budget of her office.