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OPINION | Not just labor, but lifelines: Recognizing the essential role of Filipino domestic workers By Khalid Hassan Read: zurl.co/OEDUU

These measures include tax reform, particularly closing compliance gaps, to increase the share of tax collection to gross domestic product (GDP). zurl.co/DXaxK

Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it is aiming to streamline the permit processes for water supply and wastewater projects. zurl.co/Lc2ot

ST. LUKE’S Medical Center (SLMC) plans to complete its P12-billion hospital in Parañaque City by 2030 as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of healthcare facilities in the Philippine capital. zurl.co/FLFrQ

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., has retained six government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) heads amid his “bold reset” call, the Palace said on Thursday. zurl.co/vWT7p

No leader enjoys being challenged, particularly if it emerges years later that a long-standing company policy is wrong. zurl.co/PenH5

The Supreme Court (SC) will start accepting electronic filings (e-filings) for select petitions and motions on July 1, through the eCourt PH application on the Philippine Judiciary Platform. zurl.co/4QbII

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have thronged the Blue House in central Seoul in recent months to get their last glimpse of the historic compound before it is returned to official use as the home and office of the country’s president. zurl.co/zWxQr

Watch REP’s comedy ART, Go to a Ryan Cayabyab lecture, and more in our Stuff to do list. zurl.co/hrIhf

The platforms say users need to be at least 13 years old to sign up for an account. zurl.co/HYRxM

OPINION | Make the robot your colleague, not overlord By Catherine Thorbecke Read: zurl.co/yTO76

Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airlines are pursuing a bruising capacity expansion race despite rising cost pressures that are squeezing profitability and led Qantas Airways to shut down Singapore-based offshoot Jetstar Asia. zurl.co/WcQho

Scheduled for July 11 to 13 at the Shangri-La Plaza in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City, the festival will showcase five films from Spain, Italy, Japan, Austria, and Germany. zurl.co/kBZEE

OPINION | Learning from history: Five points and a caution By Diwa C. Guinigundo Read: zurl.co/iAIcb

Austrian and American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger had to admit that it took him a lot of practice to nail the tango scene with Canadian actor Carrie-Anne Moss for season 2 of the Netflix action-comedy series Fubar. zurl.co/WicnW

OPINION | Why politics falls into the short-termism trap By Jam Magdaleno Read: zurl.co/zYpii

Zoe Saldaña feels like her new film Elio, from Walt Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios, is a story about the imperfect journey that parents and their children go through. zurl.co/iuEoP

OPINION | NCAP @ Makati By Marvin Tort Read: zurl.co/v76QD

Scarlett Johansson’s role in Jurassic World Rebirth made her recall her earliest memories of the dinosaur film franchise. zurl.co/5kPcf

OPINION | 201 ways to say ‘f**k’: What 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears By Martin Schweinberger and Kate Burridge Read: zurl.co/85p9k