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Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday reminded that the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has the prerogative to suspend the collection of fuel excise taxes under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law to cushion the impact of the price hikes on petroleum products.

DASMARIÑAS, Cavite – Two more schools in the city started the expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Monday, March 7, that 2,131 out of 3,780 passed the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination.

The low pressure area (LPA) east-southeast of Davao City will continue to bring rains over several parts of the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday, March 8.

Senatorial candidate Monsour Del Rosario said on Tuesday the government should implement a tax break on oil products to cushion the impact of the price hikes caused by the global crisis in light of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

With the government’s massive vaccination campaign considered as a “game changer”, the Department of Health disclosed Monday night, March 7, 2022, that all regions in the country are now at minimal Covid-19 risk. In fact, the Philippines now has the lowest number of daily infections compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors.

President Duterte has appointed seven more associate justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) and 39 more judges of the regional trial courts (RTCs) and metropolitan trial courts (MeTCs).

NAIROBI, Kenya — An outbreak of yellow fever, an acute and contagious viral disease, has claimed four lives in Kenya since it was first detected in January, the health ministry said Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II greets Trudeau in person after Covid scare LONDON, United Kingdom — Queen Elizabeth II on Monday met visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in her first in-person engagement since falling ill with Covid-19.

WASHINGTON, United States — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday dismissed as “irrelevant” Russian demands for guarantees that new sanctions linked to Ukraine will not affect Moscow’s rights under a reworked Iran nuclear deal.

GENEVA, Switzerland — Nearly 100,000 children live in institutions and boarding schools in Ukraine and parental consent should be sought before evacuating them abroad during the Russian invasion, the United Nations said Monday.

TEHRAN, Iran — A revived Iranian nuclear deal must secure “equal rights” for all world powers involved, Russia said Monday, after Iran asked for details of Moscow’s demands for US guarantees on restoring the accord.

The vaccination rate across the country has significantly reduced starting last month, prompting the National Task Force Against Covid-19 to initiate measures to the encourage more Filipinos to get both the primary doses and the booster shots.