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Airport security screeners fired for stealing

MANILA — A total of 19 personnel of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS), an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), have...
At present, price ceilings of P41 per kg for regular milled rice and P45 for well-milled rice are in place by virtue of Executive Order No. 39 issued by President and Agriculture Secretary Marcos earlier. The said directive, which took effect on Sept. 5, was meant to arrest the skyrocketing price of rice and penalize hoarding. INQUIRER FILE

Statistics agency reports 26% hike in price of unmilled rice

MANILA – The farm-gate price of palay (unmilled rice) averaged P22.16 per kilogram in August, an increase of 25.8 percent from P17.61 per kg in...
A health worker stands beside an advisory that reads “Full Capacity for COVID-19 cases” posted at a hospital in Pasay City at the height of the pandemic in 2021. File photo by RICHARD A. REYES / Philippine Daily Inquirer

Complaint over delayed P5.8B in allowances filed

MANILA — A group of private healthcare workers has filed a complaint against several regional offices of the Department of Health (DOH) with the...
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Sandiganbayan suspends Antique guv for 90 days; Cadiao blames unnamed political detractors

MANILA – The Sandiganbayan’s Seventh Division that is hearing Antique governor Rhodora Cadiao’s case for alleged violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act (RA)...
A Filipino seaman wearing a hard hat stands at a dock looking at the deck of a cargo ship. The country deployed more than 400,000 Filipino seafarers overseas, on average, from 2016 to 2021, according to the Maritime Industry Authority. INQUIRER PHOTO

Marcos certifies as urgent magna carta for seafarers

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the enactment of the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which will specify their...
A teacher holds an in-person class for students of Navotas National High School in this photo taken in November 2022. The Department of Education is reviewing its K-12 curriculum as it aims to train more job-ready graduates. FILE PHOTO BY LYN RILLON / PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Teachers, students receptive to K-10 curriculum – DepEd

MANILA — Teachers and students were receptive to the revised K-10 curriculum as the first day of the pilot test in 35 public schools...
Out of the 81 million Filipinos who had registered for the national ID system, only 39.7 million had received their plastic ID cards so far. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

DIGITAL VERSION PUSHED; 41M Pinoys may have to wait until 2024 to get nat’l...

MANILA — More than 41 million Filipinos may have to wait for at least another year before they could get hold of their national...
Chinese Coast Guard boats close to the floating barrier are pictured on Sept. 20, 2023, near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, in this handout image released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Sept. 24, 2023. PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

PCG: No standoff with China after removal of floating barrier in South China Sea

MANILA — The Philippines on Tuesday said China’s coastguard had removed remnants of a floating barrier severed by its Filipino counterparts at a fiercely...
Government agencies inspect retail stores for their compliance to the price cap. PHOTO BY LYN RILLON / PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

‘Sari-sari’ stores get cash aid this week to cope with rice price cap

MANILA — Owners of sari-sari stores affected by the rice price ceiling will receive cash assistance from the government this week, the Department of Social...

SUCs hit P6.15-B budget cut

MANILA — The presidents of 36 state universities and colleges (SUCs) called on Congress to restore the P6.15 billion that was cut from their...