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Save that crispy pata oil! This is where you can send it instead of down the drain

Where does used cooking oil go, Mareng Whitney? This on-demand service picks it up from your house, saving your drain pipe from clogging and the groundwater from contamination

Before PSG, 100k Chinese POGO workers got same COVID-19 vaccine as early as Nov 2019

Is this good or bad news? If you ask Chinese-Filipino civic leader Teresita Ang See, it’s OK, “because we do not have much control (over) them”

The country’s travel restrictions might apply to OFWs in the future

Fear of the new more infectious COVID-19 strain and a shortage of quarantine facilities may soon restrict OFWs from entering the country

These LGUs are rolling out their COVID-19 vaccine plans

With the COVID-19 vaccine in sight, some LGUs are starting to begin procurement and pre-registration procedures for their cities

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New year, new hope for ABS-CBN with a Senate bill now filed for its franchise renewal

It’s been almost a year since ABS-CBN went off-air and surrendered all of its television…

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Don’t throw your old phone and appliances in the trash. Bring them here instead

Globe has set up over 100 e-waste collection points nationwide

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Here’s how much you have to pay monthly as Philhealth increases member contributions this year

Despite being embroiled in a corruption controversy, the agency’s monthly contribution rate has been hiked to 3.5 percent in accordance with a provision in the Universal Health Care Act

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2020 in review: Social issues we may have forgotten, but shouldn’t

Yes, all these things happened in the last year. Yes, we need a drink

Year in review: Environment stories that made us rethink humans’ relationship with nature

In 2020, everything that happened is connected to our continuous neglect of the environment. Will we do better next year?

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Some people in government have gotten their COVID-19 shots, even when the FDA has yet to approve the vaccine

According to Harry Roque, it’s not okay to sell the vaccine, but it’s *completely* fine to receive it. Awesome! Wow!