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Sara Duterte leads surveys on presidential race, approval rating

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte topped the 2028 presidential preference rankings and net satisfaction ratings among high-level government officials in two separate surveys released on Saturday by the country’s leading pollsters. The surveys by Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS) were conducted before the House of Representatives impeached Duterte on May 11

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Row on Senate voting rule won’t simmer down

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson says debates on a proposed amendment to Senate rules isn’t wrong but it isn’t right either to ignore parliamentary procedures to ram down a motion. Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano insists that there is no railroading and that changing the rules is not intended for

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This week’s milestones: May 30 to June 6

May 30, 2023 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) officially turned over the refurbished Abuyog Dam to the local government unit of Sorsogon City. As one of BFAR’s Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa program sites, which focuses on sustaining inland fisheries, the P314,000 rehabilitation of the dam was designed to

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PH eagle ‘Lakpue’ soars again in Leyte forests

MAHAGNAO, Leyte — On the morning of May 17, “Lakpue,” a 23-year-old male Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), was observed inside the forest near the Pangalaw-an River here at about 288.9 meters above sea level, perched on a “hagimit” tree for roughly three hours as it prepared to hunt. Lakpue, adopted by Lakpue Drug Inc., is

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