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For many years, the government of the Philippines has been preaching the growing number of job vacancies. But it's puzzling to realize how this...

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The long wait for our very own Philippine ID is over. Citizens of the Philippines will finally have their own national ID after President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Philippine ID System Law. It aims to provide ease transactions between the people and the government. Under the law, the ID will be embedded with a microchip which will include information such...

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