The STAR Cover April 22, 2018

Vice President Sara Duterte still has the opportunity to defend her office’s budget for 2025 at the plenary of the House of Representatives.

A memorandum of understanding for PROTECTA Pilipinas, which will safeguard technology and telecommunications infrastructure across the country, has been signed by PLDT Inc., its wireless unit Smart Communication Inc. and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center.

The House of Representatives committee on appropriations decided last Thursday to cut the proposed 2025 Office of the Vice President budget of P2.037 billion to only P733.198 millionThe cut, which is about P1.29 billion, was announced by Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo through a press conference.

Raul Rosas Jr. may be fighting in the preliminary cards of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the moment, but make no mistake, the world’s top combat sports organization is keenly following this young Mexican-American bantamweight.

There was really no surprise when the Philippines had trouble-free opening round victories over Aruba in the men’s division and Malawi in the women’s side of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall here Wednesday night.