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Cayetano: Adopt ‘K-wave’ in revival of PH entertainment industry
July 23, 2020, 11:29 AM
by Jeffrey Damicog
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the Philippines should emulate South Korea’s “K-wave” which popularized Korean pop culture,
including K-dramas, in the revival of the local entertainment industry.
“What I think we can do really and focus on is to create a Department of Arts and Culture, to put together an ecosystem wherein our
creative artists (get) ‘yung knowledge in the digital era,” said Cayetano during an interview over CNN Philippines.
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Private properties protected by Charter, says Sotto, amid plan to take
over ABS assets
July 23, 2020, 11:39 AM
by Vanne Elaine Terrazola
Amid the alleged plan to take over the ABS-CBN compound and assets, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday reminded his
colleagues in Congress that private properties are protected by the Constitution.
“Take over ABS-CBN property? Private property is constitutionally protected. Possession is given weight. There is a venue, the courts;
and there is due process,” Sotto said on Twitter.
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Japan’s govt to donate lab equipment, supplies to RITM, San Lazaro
Hospital
July 23, 2020, 11:40 AM
by Roy Mabasa
The Japanese government is providing the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) and San Lazaro Hospital laboratory
equipment and supplies in an effort to boost their testing capacity for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), also helping ensure
quality test results.
According to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the medical equipment and supplies will complement an earlier JPY 50
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billion (P23.54 billion) COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Support they loaned the country to strengthen its response to the pandemic and
revitalize economic activities.
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