POOLED DRUG PURCHASES SET AS GOV'T ENFORCES PRICE CAPS: TRADE CHIEFMANILA -- The government will pool the procurement of some medicines tocomply with a new directive from President Rodrigo Duterte that capped drugprizes, his trade secretary said Wednesday.
SILICON VALLEY HEADS TO EUROPE, NERVOUS ABOUT NEW RULESFirst came Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google's parent company,Alphabet. Then Apple's senior vice president for artificial intelligence,John Giannandrea, showed up.
SENATE OKS BILL MANDATING GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT SUBJECT IN SCHOOLSMANILA - The Senate on Monday approved on third reading a bill mandating allpublic and private elementary and high schools to include a Good Manners andRight Conduct (GMRC) subject in their curriculum.
PROPOSAL TO SEND PRIYANKA GANDHI TO RS PUTS DIGVIJAYA, SCINDIA'S CLAIMS IN ASPOTWith the tenure of three Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh ending onApril 9, a campaign on behalf of, and against, the hopefuls in rulingCongress and opposition BJP has begun.
RISHI SUNAK, NARAYANA MURTHY'S SON-IN-LAW, IS THE NEW UK FINANCE MINISTERUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Indian-origin Rishi Sunak ashis new finance minister. He replaced Sajid Javid who resigned from the postof Chancellor of the Exchequer in a surprise move during the recentministeria
'THANK YOU, NEXT': TRUMP FINE WITH ENDING DEFENSE PACT WITH PHILIPPINESMANILA - Contrary to his Defense chief's earlier remarks, US PresidentDonald Trump admitted that he does not mind the Philippines terminating itsVisiting Forces Agreement with the US.
ONCE AGAIN, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS VISIT KASHMIRAs the government on Wednesday took a second batch of 25 foreign envoys toJammu and Kashmir to assess the "security situation, and witness forthemselves the progressive normalisation of the situation", Afghanistan'senvoy Tahir Qadiry, who was part
MINISTRY ADVISES ONLINE CLASSES NOT TO OVERBURDEN STUDENTS Schools should not add an unnecessary academic burden on primary and secondary students through online classes, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday night, amid criticism that online teaching has significantly increased the w
EU SEEN OPENING UP TRADE TO VIETNAM, CLOSING DOOR TO CAMBODIAThe European Union is expected to open its markets to Vietnam on Wednesday,while closing its trade doors with Cambodia, rewarding the former forprogress on labour guarantees and sanctioning the latter for human rightsabuses.
‘IT’S NOT ABOUT ME’: NANCY BINAY FAVORS ABS-CBN FRANCHISE RENEWAL DESPITE DIFFERENCES WITH NETWORKMANILA, Philippines – Sen. Nancy Binay on Tuesday said she would vote forthe renewal of franchise of broadcast giant ABS-CBN if it reaches theSenate.
