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OIL PRICE ROLLBACK SEEN NEXT WEEK: P1.20/L FOR DIESEL Senate urges House to adopt By Alena Mae S. Flores RBH6’s separate vote provision CONSUMERS can expect a price rollback for fuel products next week of as much as P1.20 per liter for diesel, the Department of Energy said. Based on the four-day trading movement in world oil prices, the DOEsaid there is an estimated rollback of P1 to P1.20 per liter for diesel, P0.90 to P1 per liter for kerosene and P0.70 to P0.90 per liter for gasoline. Next page
By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel Cruz VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 13• 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2024 •
Marcos: ‘No objection’ to PhilHealth rate hike But Palace review on 5% premium increase ongoing
SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri urged members of the House of Representatives to adopt the Upper Chamber's version of a resolution providing for separate voting as a means to amend restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. He said adopting the Senate's Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 will avoid chaos and confusion. RBH No. 6, filed by Zubiri, Senator Sonny Angara and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, seeks to amend three restrictive economic provisions with the House and the Senate voting separately. “Once [the Senate has] finished [deliberations], it is better to justadopt so that there is no chaos, no fight, it is not questionable and no uncertainty," Zubiri said. RBH No. 7, filed by the House, is almost an exact reproduction of RBH No. 6 but it requires all members of Congress to vote jointly on proposed economic Next page Charter amendments.
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RESIDENT Marcos has “no objection” to the planned five percent increase in PhiliHealth's premium rates, the state health insurer said even as the Palace clarified the review of its implementation is ongoing. "The review is still ongoing," Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Garafil told reporters in a Viber message. "The President wants to ensure that any increase in premium will substantially be much more in value in terms of benefits and coverage to PhilHealth members," she added. Earlier in the day, PhilHealth president and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma said they received a letter from the Office of the President which statedtaht “they pose no objection to the scheduled increase which was implemented on January 1st.” “It was clearly stated by PBBM that the premium increase will continue,” Ledesma said. Health Secretary Ted Herbosa previously asked the President to suspend the rate hike, saying PhilHealth has enough money to continue providing services. The increase in PhilHealth rates fulfills the requirements outlined in the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law. Next page
HELLO COSMIC NEIGHBOR. This photo
courtesy of Intuitive Machines shows the first view of Earth taken during the IM-1 mission of the lunar lander Odysseus. Inset photo shows Odysseus as it passes over the near side of the moon. The Nova-C class uncrewed commercial robot landed on the moon Thursday at 2323 GMT (Friday in Manila), a first since the Apollo era. Intuitive Machines / AFP
Camp of FBI-wanted Quiboloy receives Senate panel subpoena By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel Cruz KINGDOM of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy was served a subpoena to appear before a Senate hearing to answer complaints related to human trafficking, labor violations, and sex-related offenses raised by former members of his church.
FILIPINO DESIGN. President Marcos and First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos tour the 'The Future Today' exhibit which displays a collection of innovations on the 1982 chair designed by National artist Arturo Luz at National Museum in Manila on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. PPA Pool
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WASHINGTON—For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship has landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way for US astronauts to return to Earth's cosmic neighbor later this decade. Odysseus, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, touched down near the lunar south pole Thursday at 2323 GMT, after a nail-biting final descent where flight controllers had to switch to an experimental landing system and took several minutes to establish radio contact with the lander after it came to rest. Next page
Hotter days ahead: Amihan season to end early By Rio N. Araja and Alena Mae Flores
toring and Prediction Section chief, said temperatures would go up even in Metro Manila. Moreover, she said there would be no tropical cyclones EXPECT an early termination of the northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan” because of the El Niño phenomenon. to enter the Philippine area of responsibility in the next two Next page Ana Liza Solis, the state weather bureau's Climate Moni- months.
Senator Padilla laughs off criticisms over wife's gluta drip inside his office
Michael Cinco calls out Pinoy celebrity freeloaders
SENATOR Robin Padilla said he found it funny that some netizens criticized his wife, actress Mariel Padilla, for having her glutathione drip session inside his office.
DUBAI-BASED fashion designer Michael Cinco took to Instagram to rant about influencers and celebrities who ask for free outfits from Filipino designers but are willing to pay for the creations of international designers.
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KOJC legal counsel Marie Dinah Tolentino Fuentes said she received a copy of the subpoena ad testificandum on Thursday, Feb. 22. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri signed the document while Senator Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, and Family Relations issued the subpoena. Next page
After 50 years, America returns to lunar surface
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Swifties unite: High demand for UP's Taylor Swift course SOME 300 students are planning to enrol in the elective class “Celebrity Studies: Taylor Swift in Focus” offered at the University of the Philippines – Diliman. “The demand for it is as high as 300 students who wanted to enlist in the course,” Associate Professor Cherish Brillon said. Next page