PH to Incur Wider Budget Deficit to Drive Economic Growth in 2020

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Macro Research from Fitch Solutions expects the Philippines to incur a wider budget deficit next year. The 2020 national budget may support President Duterte’s aspirations to transform the country into an upper-middle-income economy. Fitch Solutions said PH may suffer a wider budget shortfall of 3.5% of Gross Domestic Product for the year 2020. “We anticipate … Read more

Kofi Kingston Retains WWE Smackdown Title in Manila

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Kofi Kingston won against his challenger Daniel Bryan and retain his WWE Smackdown title belt at Smart Araneta Coliseum crowd last Friday, September 20. The Ghanaian-American Kofi Kingston wasn’t the only one to retain their title belt on Friday night. Before Shinsuke Nakamura retained his Intercontinental title, he was also pushed to the limit by … Read more

Bacolod City to open 40th MassKara Festival on October 7

40th Masskara Festival

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia has announced in a press conference on Monday, September 23, that the 40th Ruby MassKara Festival will open on October 7 instead of its original schedule of October 8. “I talked to festival director Eli Francis Tajanlangit and we agreed to adjust the opening day,” Leonardia said. He also mentioned … Read more

3.5 Million Filipinos Have No Proper Sanitary Toilets According to DOH

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The Department of Health (DOH) is calling on local government units to intensify their efforts toward zero open excretion in the midst of the resurgence of the poliovirus in the country. According to Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo last Monday, September 23, some 3.5 million Filipinos “have no proper sanitary toilets.” “One of the reasons na … Read more

Zendaya Outdid Herself at the 2019 Emmy Awards

2019 Emmy Awards

Zendaya became the most-talked celebrity on Twitter because of her dress during the 2019 Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater at Los Angeles. Zendaya, being the presenter of HBO show “Euphoria”, arrived on the red carpet in a custom one-shoulder asymmetric silk charmeuse gown by Vera Wang. The dress that Zendaya was wearing features sheer … Read more

Social Weather Stations: Anti-drug Campaign Achieves “Excellent” Rating

Social Weather Stations

The campaign launched by President Rodrigo Duterte over three years ago continues to enjoy “excellent” net satisfaction rating despite the opposition’s call to probe the war on drugs. The Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted their second-quarter survey from June 22 to 26 this year. The survey found that 82% of adult Filipinos were satisfied, 6% … Read more