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Sotto defends ‘soft pork’ in 2026 national budget
Marc Jayson Cayabyab - The Philippine Star December 20, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III defended the bicameral conference committee’s decision to boost financial assistance under the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budgets, insisting that safeguards are in place to prevent misuse by
Sotto urges mandatory random drug testing in Senate
UPDATE) SENATE Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has asked Senate President Francis Escudero to conduct mandatory random drug testing in the Senate to maintain a “drug-free workplace.”In a letter to Escudero dated Aug. 17, Sotto referred to news articles published last Aug. 13 on the alleged use of marijuana within the Senate premises...
Tulfos, Go, Sotto top Pulse Asia Senate picks
MANILA, Philippines — If the midterm elections were to be held today, incumbent ACT-CIS party list Rep. Erwin Tulfo would top the senatorial race while ACT-CIS would rank first among all party list groups, based on Pulse Asia’s latest “Pulso ng Bayan” Pre-Electoral national survey. The results of the survey conducted from Jan...
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Bitcoin Rallies as US Crypto Bill Nears Finish Line, AI Trade Cools
Bitcoin rose about 2% to trade above US$66,800 on Tuesday, and Coinbase shares closed up 9.6% at US$175.85. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Congress was at the “1-yard line” on the CLARITY Act and pressed lawmakers to pass it before the August recess. The bill passed the House 294-134 in July 2025 but sits on
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PHOTOS: Peter Obi Reveals Outcome of Meeting with Swiss Ambassador
Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has revealed the outcome of his meeting with the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Patrick Egloff. Obi disclosed that his discussions with the Swiss official focused on strengthening development partnerships and advancing Nigeria’s growth through investments in education, healthcare and poverty reduction. In a post shared
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Bitcoin is NOT Changed by Proof Of Node
You might have heard about BIP-110; here’s why this fork is not just bad for Bitcoin, but it is built on a misunderstanding of what a Bitcoin node is and what it is good for. As well as why, because of this misunderstanding, BIP-110 will fail. This article is a Take . Opinions expressed are
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Bitcoin Maxi Jack Dorsey Unveils New Open Source Group Chat App
Tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey has announced a new group chat platform aimed at reducing teams’ reliance on platforms like Slack, in the Bitcoin maxi’s latest push for decentralization. The Block co-founder wrote Tuesday on X that the new app, named Buzz, was “for teams of people and agents of all sizes” and “model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign
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Coinbase Wants To Be Canada’s ‘Everything Exchange’ — With Crypto, Stocks, and Prediction Markets
Crypto giant Coinbase is making its “everything exchange” push in Canada. Eric Richmond, country director and CEO of Coinbase Canada, told BNN Bloomberg in a Tuesday interview that the move would allow Canadians to not only buy crypto but also trade tokenized stocks and put money on prediction markets. “Coinbase believes we have a new