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[Title] => SC declares provisions of 2024, 2025, 2026 national budgets unconstitutional
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[Title] => The immigration implications of the coming midterm polls
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[Title] => EDITORIAL — Less for PhilHealth, more for MAIFIP
[Summary] => For 2027, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. proposed a budget of P244 billion. Congress is slashing this to just P74 billion, according to healthcare professionals and budget watchdogs.
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[Title] => Bill extending terms of barangay, SK officials sent to Malacañang
[Summary] => The bill extending the term of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials from four to five years is now up for the president's signature, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday, September 4.
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[Title] => Shared values
[Summary] => This year’s National PR Congress of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines carries the theme “Steward the story: From clout to legacy.” It is a well-intentioned theme. It is also, I would argue, a symptom.
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[Title] => Media, rights groups urge Congress to junk Marcos anti-disinfo bill
[Summary] => Civil society groups and rights advocates are urging the Senate to defer pending anti-disinformation bills that they say borrow language from the Anti-Terrorism Act and hand the government powers that “may be weaponized by whoever holds office.”
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[Title] => Salceda is back in action
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[Title] => Imahe ng Kongreso at Senado nababoy na!
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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Return to work
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[Title] => Media, rights groups urge Congress to junk Marcos anti-disinfo bill
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