Sunday, September 12, 2021

P10.3-B 2020 ‘savings’ used to fund infra, not COVID fight–Colmenares

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P10.3-B 2020 ‘savings’ used to fund infra, not COVID fight–Colmenares

Using Bayanihan 1 law as basis, Malacañang last year discontinued projects funded under the 2020 national budget, but used the “savings” to finance infrastructure projects that had nothing to do with pandemic response.

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Afghans blame US for misfortunes

As the world marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, residents of Kabul on Saturday blamed the United States for their misfortunes.

BACK TO NEW NORMAL Rowena Peñalosa, who teaches Grade 3 students at Melencio M. Castelo Elementary School in Quezon City, appears to have prepared everything for Monday’s opening of remote learning in public schools. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

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Booming during a crisis

It’s a business worth billions of dollars in other countries and, if young billionaire Edgar “Injap” Sia II’s projections are correct, it will soon be big business in the Philippines, too.We’re talking about his latest venture, MBOX Smart Lockers Corp., which is a subsidiary of MM Consumer Technologies Corp., in turn a unit of publicly listed MerryMart Consumer Corp.

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Opinion: Businesses on the brink

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is among those that have expressed frustration at the 'integrity issues' that have hounded the government's pandemic actions and policymaking.