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Manila Bulletin
Treasury lowers Q3 local borrowing plan
The national government’s planned borrowings for the third quarter of 2025 were reduced by P45 billion to P690 billion from 735 billion in the previous quarter, with a major downscaling in the sales of long-term debt securities.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Court rules Alice Guo a Chinese national
The Manila City regional trial court (RTC) has nullified the 2022 proclamation of Alice L. Guo as mayor of Bamban, Tarlac for being a Chinese national.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Protesters rally in Bangkok to demand Thai PM's resignation
Thousands rallied in Thailand's capital on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, part of the brewing political turmoil set off by a leaked phone call with former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
The son of man has nowhere to rest his head
As we all know, following Jesus is not just for priests and religious; it is for everyone.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Boracay 911 pushed
Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan said people can call for police assistance at world-famous Boracay Island by dialing 911.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Century Properties ventures into Mindanao
As part of its strategy to broaden its footprint, Antonio-led developer Century Properties Group Inc. is venturing to Mindanao for the first time, with the foray to be led by its housing unit PHirst Park Homes Inc.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
DA@127: Kaisa ng magsasaka't mangingisda tungo sa masaganang bagong Pilipinas
Sa ika-127 taon ng paghahatid ng tapat na serbisyo publiko, ipinagdiriwang ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang tuloy-tuloy na pag-agapay nito sa mga lokal na magsasaka, mangingisda, at manggagawang agrikultural para sa Masaganang Bagong Pilipinas!
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Alex: Superstar in the making
Alex Eala is simply ripe for success.
1 min |
June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Thailand starts banning sale of cannabis without a prescription
Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Bridges to better lives
As graduation season sweeps across the country, thousands of young Filipinos are stepping off the stage and into a world filled with hope, uncertainty, and possibility.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Habagat' to bring rains across PH; LPA forms outside PAR
The southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” will continue to bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers over several parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on Sunday, June 29.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Pato' vows continued growth in PH sports
Patrick “Pato” Gregorio has vowed to continue efforts to boost the growth of Philippine sports following his appointment as the new chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Buwis-buhay' mantra for E-Painters
Rain or Shine players and coaching staff sported t-shirts with 'Buwis-Buhay' prints on the sidelines of Game 2.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
K-12 reforms as a national imperative: Toward better-educated children
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s recent directives to improve the K-12 system bring much-needed focus to longstanding challenges in Philippine basic education.
2 min |
June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH cybersecurity: How safe are we?
The Philippines may have climbed the ranks in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), but ask any Filipino who has received a shady text message or clicked on a suspicious link, and they’ll tell you a different story.
4 min |
June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Business, consumer sentiment falls
United States-imposed (US) reciprocal tariffs, a three-month pause of which is concluding 10 days from now, caused a decline in the confidence index of businesses in the second quarter of the year, while Filipino consumers' confidence was deeply hurt by the insufficient income and fewer jobs available.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
SWS: 1 in 5 Filipino families experienced hunger in April
About one in five Filipino families, or 20 percent, experienced involuntary hunger—being hungry and not having anything to eat—at least once in the past three months, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 23 to 28.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Beyond the pandemic: Local businesses must go digital to thrive
The post-pandemic digital age is accelerating faster than ever, and it is reshaping how businesses operate and adapt. But as technology advances, businesses that fail to evolve risk becoming outdated more quickly than before.
4 min |
June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos OKs AI roadmap
President Marcos has greenlit a sweeping public-private partnership aimed at equipping Filipinos with the skills needed to thrive in an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven world, with plans to fast-track training programs, align education with emerging technologies, and expand student immersion in real work environments.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Focus crimes drop by 31.85%
Focus crimes went down by 31.85 percent in the first half of the year, a significant drop compared to the same period in 2024, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Ombudsman: We can't file a case against VP Sara now
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires on Friday, June 27, said the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) cannot prosecute Vice President Sara Duterte now.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Eala faces champ in Wimbledon
Eala expects an uphill climb in overcoming Krejcikova. The 29-year-old Czech also boasts of winning the 2021 French Open and is a multiple Grand Slam women’s doubles and mixed doubles champion.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Big men step up
San Miguel reasserted its dominance in the paint despite June Mar Fajardo’s limited minutes, turning Game 2 of the semifinals into a one-sided affair by overpowering Barangay Ginebra, 100-83, in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Friday, June 27.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
TNT guns for 3-0 lead; Ginebra-SMB to break tie
TNT is enjoying a 2-0 lead but coach Chot Reyes is determined to guard his wards against complacency when his team tries to pin Rain or Shine on the ropes in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum, Sunday, June 29.
2 min |
June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
US Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions on birthright citizenship order
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH boosting defense vs transnational crimes
The Bureau of Immigration conducted a live demonstration of its advanced passenger information system (APIS) through the United Nations' goTravel Air Software Solution, a system that \"tracks and assesses passenger data in real time.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Mid-year random musings
(Part I)
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Peter's confession about Jesus
When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Mr. Romantico
When Mr. Romantico (MR) revealed he was falling in love with his Love Interest (LI), friends and fans were delighted.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
A triumph for dialogue
The ceasefire between Iran and Israel is a most welcome development, a rare flicker of hope in a region too often wracked by war, mistrust, and geopolitical rivalries. While fragile and fraught with uncertainty, this cessation of hostilities provides a crucial window to shift from armed confrontation to constructive dialogue. The international community must seize this moment, not with complacency, but with urgency and purpose.
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