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The family of an exiled opposition official was threatened, and several activists have been detained.

In 2000, I sat in a bland grey Prague conference room opposite officials from Japan’s Ministry of Finance. We were attending a G7/International Monetary Fund meeting. I asked if they thought the US and Europe could avoid Japan’s protracted deflation. None of them could suppress a smile. “Unlikely,” said one. So far, these officials have been wrong, but just barely. European inflation is around zero, and US inflation is a bit above 1 per cent. Could Japanese-style deflation hit the United…

Nothing has been heard about the three men believed to have been sent back to China in September amid fears they may have been harshly treated or killed on their return.

Thousands of homes are flooded, damaged, or destroyed, as authorities close schools, beaches, and airports across central coastal provinces.

The Anti-Money Laundering Council has been asked to show results in the implementation of the country’s anti-money laundering law as the Senate works to pass amendments to prevent the Philippines from falling into the Financial Action Task Force gray list.

The Department of Justice has identified the Bureau of Customs and Bureau of Internal Revenue as the government agencies that will be prioritized in the investigation on corrupt practices and irregularities in the government. Three other agencies are also on the priority list.

The Philippine Red Cross yesterday said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has about three days to pay the remaining P.5 billion it owes PRC for COVID-19 testing, a day after it agreed to resume testing services for the government and PhilHealth-covered patients.

Barring “unforeseen circumstances,” President Duterte may be able to sign into law the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 before Christmas, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said yesterday.

A tropical depression is expected to intensify into a storm as it enters the Philippine area of responsibility today, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

Several local government units have appealed to have their quarantine status changed starting Nov. 1, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said yesterday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of eight ranking officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. over the alleged anomalous implementation of the interim reimbursement mechanism or IRM program.

Motorists will be given more time to secure radio-frequency identification or RFID stickers for their vehicles after the Department of Transportation moved the start of mandatory implementation of cashless toll collections on expressways from Nov. 2 to Dec. 1.