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Late Aguilar winner lifts Green Booters past Warriors

Lucas Aguilar drilled in the winning strike late and gave La Salle a first win in Season 88 of the UAAP men’s football tournament, a 1-0 nipping of the University of the East, on Thursday at Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub in Imus, Cavite. Just as the match seemed headed for a scoreless tie, the second-generation

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Gov’t slows down local borrowing in fourth quarter

MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration plans to scale back local borrowing in the fourth quarter as its annual fundraising efforts wind down, the Bureau of the Treasury said. The government will raise P437 billion through weekly debt offerings from October to December, according to a Sept. 22 memo. The quarter’s program is 36.7-percent smaller

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Converge prepaid service books 500,000 users

MANILA, Philippines — Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said on Thursday its prepaid internet service continues to gain ground, with about 500,000 active users logged in two years after its launch. Dennis Anthony Uy, CEO and cofounder of Converge, said the increasing popularity of the group’s prepaid brand Surf2Sawa (S2S) shows “the strong adoption” of Filipinos