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Will free Wi-Fi finally happen? There is no timeline yet but the good news is there is definitely funding for it in the proposed new national budget according to Senator Ralph Recto. As a defiant Davao City grapples with the aftermath of the Friday evening blast, Mayor Sara Duterte announced a P2 million reward for information on or the actual arrest of the suspects behind a explosion that killed 14 in the city. Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana clarifies that curfew will not be implemented in any part of the country under the “state of lawlessness” declared by President Rodrigo Duterte. In China, President Xi Jinping welcomes world leaders attending the G20 summit and urges them to avoid “empty talk.” Finally, expect the Catholic faithful to react to a new television series where Jude Law plays a dangerous young pope.
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There is no time frame for completion yet for the project to provide free broadband internet access in public spaces. But, if approved, the new amount in the proposed 2017 budget, along with those allotted from previous years, brings to P4.81 billion the total funding for the project which is expected to roll-out in selected airports, hospitals, public schools, plazas, seaports, government offices in 1,462 towns and 44 key cities nationwide
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Monday, September 5, announced a P2 million reward for information on or the actual arrest of the suspects behind a deadly blast that killed 14 in the city. Of the amount, P1 million will go to those who could provide information – the name and current location – on the suspect and another P1 million will be given to whoever could bring the suspect to authorities.
Amid confusion over palace announcements, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said curfew will not be implemented in any part of the country under the “state of lawlessness” declared by President Rodrigo Duterte. This comes after Communications Secretary Martin Andanar told reporters that curfews will ‘certainly’ be implemented in Davao City, Sulu, and Basilan.
As the G20 summit opened in Hangzhou on Sunday, September 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to avoid “empty talk” and confront sluggish economic growth and rising protectionism. Experts fear the gathering will be short on substance, with no acute crisis pushing leaders to defy rising populist sentiment and to take difficult steps such as liberalizing trade.
Pope Francis on Sunday Sunday, September 4, presided over the canonization mass for Mother Teresa, the celebrated nun whose work with the poor of Kolkata made her an instantly recognizable global figure.
Pope Francis has taken strides to open the doors of the Church to the people, but Pius XIII, the “young pope” actor Jude Law plays in a new television series has but harsh words for his flock. The faithful may find the story hard to swallow but Italian master Paolo Sorrentino insists, it is possible for a liberal pope to be followed by someone very different. Watch the trailer here.
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