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Eroded investor confidence

The fallout from the ongoing controversy over anomalous flood control projects has gone beyond the halls of Congress, the Department of Public Works and Highways and the private contractors involved. According to Ramon Monzon, president and CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange, some P185 billion in market capitalization was lost in the preceding weeks as

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Comelec eyes December ballot printing deadline for barangay, SK polls

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is aiming to finish by December the printing of over 92 million ballots for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan(SK) election scheduled next year.   “Hopefully, we finish the [printing] including the verification by mid-December,” Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia said in Filipino during the start of the printing