[New Rx] PhilHealth, telcos, and the business of surviving Super El Niño

Rappler - Nov 9, 2026

Leverage PhilHealth credits to align private sector capabilities with public health needs. That can make community resilience against Super El Niño commercially viable and sustainable.

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COTABATO CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has committed to work with the national government to fully deliver the promises of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), saying it wants more than the formal conclusion of the peace process. “For its part, the MILF does not seek merely the formal conclusion of

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The Senate issued an outline of its schedule for the two remaining months of the year, marking the dates for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and the budget hearings.

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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The family of a 20-year-old nursing student found dead in a vacant lot in Barangay Sapul here is seeking justice, vowing to continue speaking out until the truth behind her death is uncovered and those responsible are held accountable. Police said the body of the victim, identified only as “Maru,”

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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A 20-year-old college student from Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro, whose body was earlier found in a vacant lot in Barangay Sapul, Calapan City, is now being mourned by her school community as police intensify the investigation into her death. The Calapan City Police Station earlier reported that a woman’s body was

Act on environmental woes, learn from Yolanda catastrophe, says church

Nov 8, 2026

TACLOBAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Borongan called on communities to take concrete action against environmental destruction and protect vulnerable populations, saying the lessons of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) should result in greater responsibility toward the environment. In a pastoral message issued on Sunday, coinciding with the 13th anniversary of Yolanda’s

Suspected fake dentist busted in Agusan del Norte

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SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Police operatives arrested a 36-year-old woman for allegedly practicing dentistry without a license during an entrapment operation at her home in Santiago, Agusan del Norte. Brig. Gen. Rolindo Suguilon, Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) director, said personnel of the Regional Intelligence Division-13 carried out the operation last Friday afternoon in

Will China’s slow and steady moon landing plan be a safer bet than the US’?

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China’s full dress rehearsal for its crewed moon landing would be tougher on schedule but safer than Nasa’s cheaper bet on commercial landers, a US space policy analyst said after the rival powers updated their lunar plans within a week of each other. Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China’s crewed space programme, said in Beijing on October 31 that, before sending any astronauts, China would dock the Lanyue lander and Mengzhou spacecraft in lunar orbit, and Lanyue would touch down, lift off...

Valencia City LGU, farmers receive P6.6M agri equipment from DA

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VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Northern Mindanao (Region 10) has extended farm equipment assistance to the city government and farmers’ groups here worth around P6.6 million to boost farm production and livelihood opportunities. Jose Apollo Pacamalan, DA-10 regional director, and Valencia City Vice Mayor Greizl Galario-Fernandez signed the Memorandum of

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A crew member of a helicopter battling Indonesian wildfires was killed on Sunday when the aircraft crashed into a river as it scooped up water for an airborne drop, a local disaster agency said. The crash in Borneo Island’s South Kalimantan province was the second in days involving a firefighting aircraft, after a military helicopter plunged into the waters off Borneo on Wednesday, killing three people. Two Australian pilots survived Sunday’s crash and were “safe”, Berton Panjaitan, a spokesman...

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The United States should not blame China’s rise for its own problems and should not expect that these can be solved by changing presidents, China’s longest-serving former ambassador to Washington has said. “China’s development has never aimed to replace or challenge the US – it never has. Naturally, I also hope the US can resolve its own issues and that its future development will not come at the expense of China’s interests,” Cui Tiankai, who served as ambassador to the US from 2013 to 2021,...

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LUCENA CITY – A 40-year-old businessman was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in Lumban, Laguna, on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 7, police said. In a report on Sunday, the Police Regional Office 4-A said the victim was standing in front of his water refilling station along Rizal Street in Barangay Primera Parang at 1:40 p.m.

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