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SEARCA launches youth program for agri innovation
By Fernan Angeles The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) launched its special program on youth called “Young Forces for Agricultural Innovation” or #Y4AGRI on the International Youth Day last August 12. SEARCA Director Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio introduced #Y4AGRI at the SEARCA Online Learning and Virtual Engagement (SOLVE)…
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Indigenous peoples plea vs anti-terror law gets support
By Fernan Angeles LOCAL indigenous groups behind a petition asking the Supreme Court to declare Anti-Terrorism law as unconstitutional gets a push from an international organization. The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global indigenous organization promoting and fighting indigenous rights, has taken a stand which jives with that of their local counterparts in the…
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The highest-paid actors of 2020 revealed
Adam Sandler isn’t the star movie studio executives call when looking for an actor who can deliver boffo box office results. The former Saturday Night Live funnyman peaked in 1998 when he sold $240 million worth of tickets at the domestic box office. Since then he’s been trending downward: Last year Sandler’s only movie to…
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Villar identifies growth areas under new normal
Activities and travel related to agriculture and environment, according to Senator Cynthia Villar, will be the new growth areas and will provide the impetus to revive travel and tourism, one of the most adversely affected sectors by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We all know that the ongoing lockdowns all over the country and the world…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle secretly buy family home in Santa Barbara
Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have secretly bought a private family home in Santa Barbara, California – the place they have chosen to put down permanent roots and bring up their son Archie after leaving the British royal family. Page Six has exclusively revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have for six…
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HOTNESS OVERLOAD: Mark Angelo Avila
Gentleman of the World 2019 Mark Angelo Avila is making the most of quarantine these days by being active in social media. “I am very active in creating contents in social media such as cover songs, original songs, vlogs so that in my own way I could help lessen the stress and anxiety that everyone…
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Duque stays mum on PhilHealth crisis
By Fernan Angeles HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque has remained mum over a public clamor wanting to see the entire Philippine Health Insurance Corporation executive board to go on leave. Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire confirmed that Duque has yet to take any position on the call for PhilHealth officials to consider going on “vacation” amid ongoing investigations…
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Angono takes firm stand vs mining
By Fernan Angeles THE local government unit of a town in Rizal regarded as the Art Capital of the Philippines is taking a firm stand which they regard as their only ticket to prevent an imminent catastrophe by ending a 50-year operation of a mining company believed to be the reason behind flooding in their…
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Harry Styles gets his first No. 1 song in the US
Harry Styles just reached a (watermelon sugar) high. After holding steading at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot 100, his current single “Watermelon Sugar” launched to the top spot this week for his first No. 1 ever. The song, off his sophomore solo full-length album Fine Line, owes its massive jump in part to digital sales…
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Vigan requires contact-tracing logbook for trike drivers
By Mar T. Supnad VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The local government unit has put in place a system seen helpful in contact tracing among local folks. Citing the passage of Ordinance No. 41, series of 2020, Mayor Juan Carlo Medina announced that all tricycle-for-hire operating in the city will have to maintain a logbook…