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Diokno: Inflation rate likely to drop below 2% in first quarter next year INFLATION will likely fall below 2 to 4 percent in the first quarter of 2024, well beneath the government’s “target band,” Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday. “In the first quarter of next year, I
think inflation will be below 2%,” Diokno said at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum. The rate of increase in the prices of goods and services “will be within the Next page
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High Court disbars Gadon
SECRETARY LARRY. Newly appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Secretary Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon holds an press conference on his disbarment case at the Oriental Place in Quezon City on Wednesday. Joey O. Razon
Palace keeping him; ‘Secretary title sweeter’
By Rey E. Requejo, Charles Dantes, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Rio N. Araja
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HE Supreme Court has ordered lawyer Lorenzo Gadon disbarred for “misogynistic, sexist, abusive and repeated intemperate language” but the Palace said this would not affect his appointment as presidential adviser on poverty alleviation. In a statement, the Court said the disbarment of Gadon was unani unanimously supported by all 15 justices after finding him administratively liable for violating the provisions of the Code of
Professional Responsibility and Accountability “for the viral video clip where he repeatedly cursed and uttered profane remarks against journalist Raissa Robles.” On its own, the Court initiated the disbarment proceedings, after issuing an order of preventive suspension from the practice of law against Gadon pending its decision on the case. The Court’s Public Information Office has not
SC: Winners of village polls will only serve 2 years until December 2025 By Rey E. Requejo, Vito Barcelo, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel V. Cruz WINNERS of the October 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) will only get a twoyear term instead of the previous three years after the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the law that postponed
circulated a copy of the decision nor has the resolution been uploaded to the Court’s website. In a statement Monday night in anticipation of the High Court’s decision, Gadon said: “I will treat this matter as a personal concern as it will not also affect my commitment to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to help his administration achieve its goals and implement its programs to serve the public, particularly on the aspect of poverty alleviation.” Then in a press conference on Wednesday, Gadon said he has “no regrets” verbally assaulting a journalist that eventually led to his disbarment, even claiming that the outburst may have contributed to electing President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Next page
On Eid’l Adha, PBBM asks Pinoys to show solidarity with Muslims
the village polls from its original Dec. 5, 2022 date. Republic Act 11935, signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in October last year, moved the schedule of the polls from December 5, 2022 to the last Monday of October 2023, supposedly to create savings amounting to billions of pesos. Next page
EID PRAYER. Muslims take part in a morning prayer celebrating Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Wednesday. AFP Marcos lauded Muslim Filipinos By Charles Dantes, Maricel V. Cruz, Filipinos of the importance of “sacrifice and self lessness” that ref lects for their contribution to “weaving the Rey E. Requejo the occasion. country’s rich tapestry of diversity”. and Macon Ramos-Araneta
OATHTAKING. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shakes hands with officers and the new members of the Assembly of Service Academies and Schools Alumni Association of the Philippines (ASASAAP) after he administered their oath on Wednesday. PCO Photo
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called on the public to show “solidarity” with Muslims as the nation observed the celebration of Eid’l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice on Wednesday. In a message, Marcos reminded
“Let us all be reminded of the importance of sacrifice and selflessness that mirror the essence of this occasion so that we can join hands with our Muslim brothers and sisters from all over the world in the spirit of peace, unity, and mutual respect,” said Marcos.
“Let their devotion to these beliefs shine above all throughout the festivities and further strengthen the bond among our families, friends, and communities,” he added. Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice
“Under the national tourism development plan the projections indicated by our statisticians is that we would be able to reach a baseline target of 12 million by that time,” Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco said in a television interview on Wednesday. “We’re working very hard to make
sure that these are moving targets and so we would be able to build up our tourism portfolio in terms of international arrivals but also continue to support domestic tourism,” she added. This year, the DoT is reaching 4.8 million tourist arrivals. President Marcos’
Imee wants probe of ‘unadvised’ landing of US C-17 plane at NAIA DOT aims for 12m annual tourist arrivals until 2028 The Department of Foreign Affairs By Macon Ramos-Araneta and confirmed the presence of the US miliRey Requejo
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
tary aircraft but denied it had anything SENATOR Imee Marcos has filed a to do with America’s request for temporesolution to investigate the unadvised rary housing for Afghan refugees. “[A] diplomatic clearance was islanding of a United States Air Force aircraft at the Ninoy Aquino International sued to an aircraft of this type in Airport on Monday. Next page
WITH the country’s new tourism tagline “Love the Philippines,” the government aims to hit 12 million annual tourist arrivals during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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Private hospitals helping nursing grads pass boards before hiring By Maricel V. Cruz
Federation of Professionals Association (PFPA) said. PFPA Vice President Dr. Benito PRIVATE hospitals have been hiring nursing graduates who are yet to pass Atienza made the clarification after the licensure examination as nursing Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa assistants for years, the Philippine Next page
Five PH universities in world QS list AID FOR TACLOBAN. In time for the celebration of the Tacloban City Fiesta, the Office of the Speaker and Tingog Party-list
through Reps. Yedda Romualdez Jude Acidre and in coordination with the DSWD handed out P5,000 in financial assistance each to 2,000 youth beneficiaries from Tacloban City.
DRIVEN by a “flourishing reputation” made the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) among international employers and its World University Rankings have gone “highly employable graduates,” four up the list. Next page Philippine universities that previously