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If Philippine authorities will only act swiftly, they may still recover more than 40 percent, about $34-million, of the $81-million loot that was stolen by hackers from Bangladesh Bank. The possibility of recovering the loot, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto,...

There’s only one forest guard for every 3,376 hectares of forestland, rendering the country’s diminishing woodlands prone to poachers and leaving no frontline personnel to stomp out fires like the one razing the slopes of Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak. “The lack of forest...

Almost half a million more seniors will start getting a P6,000 yearly pension from the government effective this year, after Congress increased by P3 billion the budget for social pension for indigent 60-year-olds and above. So that qualified beneficiaries will start getting...

Government should take advantage of the “good summer weather window” in building classrooms to erase the backlog in this critical education resource, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. With classes in public schools now ended, education officials should also use the...

Cyberthieves in the Philippines may not have the sophistication of their international counterparts to stage billion-peso heists, but they now have the capability to steal millions of pesos from automated teller machines (ATM) stationed all over the country. What is alarming,...

No doubt it’s a grand conspiracy, but the Senate needs to uncover the connection between a group of hackers and high officials of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) if it wants to solve the $81-million money laundering mystery that rocked the country’s...

Government should press full speed ahead in acquiring needed K to 12 classrooms, equipment and teachers after the Supreme Court (SC) rejected several pleas seeking to stop the implementation of the program adding three years to the basic education curriculum. With classes in...

President Aquino was urged to sign into law a bill reforming customs and port procedures which one of its authors say would help stamp out smuggling like the kind the country’s hog raisers are protesting against. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said the proposed Customs...