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Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
READ: Sara joins forces with Marcos
Davao City Mayor and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio has joined forces with former senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. to ensure their victory in next year's national elections.
READ: Go Negosyo to unlock bets' MSME programs
Saying that leadership will be crucial to the country's economic recovery, national candidates in the 2022 elections will be grilled on their plans and programs during the special series of Go Negosyo, led by Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion 3rd.
READ: Duterte to LGUs: Limit minors' visits to malls
President Rodrigo Duterte urged local government units or LGUs to consider imposing stricter policies that will limit the entry of minors to public establishments such as shopping malls.
Meanwhile, in other news...
READ: Health workers set to receive boosters
Fully vaccinated health care workers will be the first in line to receive a booster dose against Covid-19, starting today, November 17, according to the Department of Health.
READ: '1st day of in-person classes a success'
The reopening of schools for the pilot implementation of in-person classes on Monday was a success, according to the Department of Education.
READ: Lacson seeks return of two-party system
Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson proposed on Tuesday the return of the two-party system, saying it was the "overarching solution" to the country's election woes.
READ: Lacson questions P5-B road projects
Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson flagged the P5-billion allocation for farm-to-market road projects under the agriculture stimulus package of the Bayanihan 2.
In regional news,
READ: 2 lawmakers drop reelection bid
Two prominent representatives in Tarlac withdrew their reelection bids and were replaced by their kin, a move that changed the political climate in the province.
In world news,
READ: China rolls out new Covid cure
Chinese researchers are rolling out a number of remedies specific for Covid-19 treatment as the world races into the third phase of the anti-epidemic fight, characterized by a combination of accessible vaccines and drugs.
READ: Pollution among Europe's biggest killers
Premature deaths, caused by fine particle pollution, have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
In business,
READ: Return to pre-pandemic GDP seen by Q3 2022
The Philippine economy will likely return to its pre-pandemic level by the third quarter of 2022, an economist from the Bank of the Philippine Islands said.
And in sports,
READ: Mavs rally in 4th to upend Nuggets
Kristaps Porzingis had 29 points and 11 rebounds, Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and the Dallas Mavericks rallied past the Denver Nuggets, 111-101, on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
Rigoberto Tiglao and Marlen Ronquillo are the featured columnists on the front page of The Times.
Tiglao rhetorically asks
READ: Leni who?
Ronquillo explains how the country is metaphorically
READ: In ICU, waiting for that elusive break
In The Times editorial, it is insisted that the
READ: DILG must set an example in 'gun in school' incident
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