CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 'special task force' in the city was formed 'to optimize tax collection revenues.' The ‘Strategic Assessment of Your Assets and Worth (SAYAW) para sa Buhis' officially launched on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at Plaza Sugbo. '‘Sayaw' is the Cebuano term for ‘dance.' By its name, the tax collectors will also showcase their dancing in the efforts of collecting taxes from the people in the coming weeks,' said Clint Potestas, the program's media relations officer. Friendly persuasion: Dancing for taxpayers Ofelia Oliva, project head of ‘Sayaw para sa Buhis' and the former Cebu City treasurer, said that they launched the program to inform the public that Cebu City was 'serious in collecting taxes through friendly persuasion.

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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Wednesday gave a grave description of the overall state of agriculture in the country and what he intends to do about it. The Chief Executive currently serves as the Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. He reported 11 to 13 million hectares of land across the nation are considered degraded. He also said 2.2 million hectares of soil are infertile. 'Making matters worse is the improper use of fertilizers and pesticides that pollute and acidify our soil,' he observed.

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LF Platinum Member Content News Topic System Administration Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) is widely u Click to Read More at Oracle Linux Kernel Development

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Fruits ( FRTS ) traded 3.7% higher against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on March 12th. Over the last seven days, Fruits has traded down 4% against the US dollar. One Fruits coin can currently be purchased for $0.0003 or 0.00000001 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Fruits has a total market capitalization of $5.36 million and $268,292.52 worth of Fruits was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded 2.

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A model wears a creation as part of the Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear collection presented Friday, March 3, 2023 in Paris. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) 022823128953, 21334631

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has invited two University of Kentucky researchers to present at the National Human Trafficking Prevention Summit held in Arlington, Virginia, from Aug. 3-4, 2023. Ann Coker, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and interim executive director and the Verizon Wireless Endowed Chair in the UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW) , and Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and executive director of the UK Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC) , will present "Randomized Control Trial of Bystander-based Online Training to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking for Kentucky Middle School Staff" and "A Bystander Approach to Preventing and Addressing Child Sex Trafficking: The See It to Stop It Indicator Tool.

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21:39 UTC+8, 2023-05-28        Cities in the Yangtze River Delta region are both collaborating and competing for graduates.   21:39 UTC+8, 2023-05-28         Ti Gong A competition related to innovative biomedicine is held near Fudan University by Shangyu. Cities in the Yangtze River Delta region are both collaborating and competing for graduates. Shangyu in neighboring Zhejiang Province said in Shanghai on Sunday that it is offering more than 3,000 discounted accommodation units for young talented people.

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State Crime Command's Raptor Squad operatives last week joined their interstate colleagues for a national week of action targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) under Operation Morpheus. Operation Morpheus is a joint initiative which combines the resources of all Australian state and territory police agencies and key Commonwealth agencies to detect, deter, and disrupt illicit activity of OMCGs, their members, and associates. In New South Wales, Raptor Squad led a five-day operation between Monday 31 July 2023 and Friday 4 August 2023, which resulted in 74 arrests, 243 charges, as well as the seizure of 15 firearms and nearly $900,000 cash.

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SINGAPORE-FULL MOON(230831) -- SINGAPORE, Aug. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A full moon is seen over Singapore on Aug. 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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14:43 UTC+8, 2023-06-18        0 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Sunday.   14:43 UTC+8, 2023-06-18        0 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Sunday. As agreed between China and the United States, Blinken is visiting China from June 18 to 19. Source: Xinhua   Editor: Zhang Chaoyan

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(LEAD) NCG-inaugural meeting(LEAD) First meeting of NCG to be held in Seoul this month, involving senior officials: presidential office(ATTN: UPDATES with additional information; CHANGES dateline) SEOUL/WASHINGTON, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The inaugural meeting of the new Nuclear Consultative Group between South Korea and the United States will be held later this month in Seoul, Seoul's presidential office said Saturday. The meeting will be held July 18, co-chaired by South Korea's Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo and U.

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur— Five persons were injured when a truck carrying cell site batteries and alarm devices figured in a road accident in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday. Police Executive Master Sergeant Phillip Basaya Jr .told the Inquirer that the incident happened in Purok 7, Lacupayan village at around 9:40 a m. The truck driven by Celestino Babao, 62, was headed for Zamboanga City from Davao City. Babao told authorities that upon reaching Lacupayan village, the vehicle's brake malfunctioned.

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Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board purchased a new position in RB Global, Inc. (NYSE:RBA – Free Report) (TSE:RBA) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 26,949 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $1,516,000. Several other institutional investors and hedge […] The post Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board Makes New $1.52 Million Investment in RB Global, Inc. (NYSE:RBA) first appeared on Daily Political .

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Specialist Glenn Carell, left, and trader Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NEW YORK  — Wall Street churned to a mixed finish on Wednesday after a highly anticipated report showed inflation accelerated across the U.S.  last month, but not by much more than expected. The S&P 500 edged up by 5.54 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,467.44 after flipping between small gains and losses a few times through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 70.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A patch of ocean in the North Atlantic is stubbornly cooling while much of the planet warms. This anomaly — dubbed the "cold blob" — has been linked to changes in ocean circulation, but a new study found changes in large-scale atmospheric patterns may play an equally important role, according to an international research team led by Penn State. "People often think the atmosphere has a very short memory, but here we provide evidence that atmospheric circulation change is significant enough to induce some long-term impact on the climate system," said corresponding author Laifang Li, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science at Penn State.

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The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced that the Qatari beach volleyball team comprising Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, has made a big leap

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WASHINGTON — The United States has indications that Russia is likely trying to recover debris from the U.S. drone downed after a Russian intercept over the Black Sea on Tuesday, March 14, the Pentagon said Thursday, even as it played down Moscow's prospects for success. 'We do have indications that Russia is likely making an effort to try to recover MQ-9 debris … however, we assess it's very unlikely that they would be able to recover anything useful,' said Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson.

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BEIJING – China's economy grew at a faster than expected clip in the first quarter, official data showed on Tuesday, expanding 4.5 percent year-on-year, as policymakers move to bolster growth following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs in December. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected gross domestic product (GDP) to expand 4 percent from a year earlier, quickening from 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter. On a quarter-by-quarter basis, GDP grew 2.2 percent in January-March, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed, compared with expectations for a 2.

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The conversion of vacant office buildings to residential accommodation — which is being mooted as part of a Government plan to tackle the housing shortfall — can work. It has been facilitated in several countries, most notably in the United Kingdom and United States. It is usually incentivised by reducing or removing the need for planning permission to change the building's use from work to home, sometimes alongside ill-judged reductions in standards. Although theoretically a no-brainer — who could say no to re-using existing buildings? — like many ideas in housing, it is not quite as simple as it might look on paper.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/05/25/housing-crisis-despite-difficulties-empty-office-blocks-could-be-adapted-to-house-our-people/

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Quent Capital LLC reduced its position in United Therapeutics Co. ( NASDAQ:UTHR – Get Rating ) by 31.7% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 4,223 shares of the biotechnology company's stock after selling 1,962 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC's holdings in United Therapeutics were worth $929,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Baldwin Brothers LLC MA purchased a new position in United Therapeutics in the fourth quarter valued at about $38,000.

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