
South Korea pardons jailed ex-president Lee
Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the…
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Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the…
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Pele's daughter posted a photo of the Brazilian football legend from his hospital bed in Sao Paulo on Friday with the caption "one more night…
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House Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of the MIF — which President Marcos himself admitted initiating — said the amendments introduced…
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The Pag-IBIG Fund officially launched the Virtual Pag-IBIG Mobile App to bring its services closer to members as it marked its 42nd anniversary on Wednesday,…
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants his cousin, no less than President Bongbong Marcos, to certify the controversial Maharlika Investment…
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The European Union has approved a new treatment against an advanced type of prostate cancer by Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant said Tuesday.
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The Pag-IBIG Fund netted a record-high income of P38.06 billion from January to October 2022, the agency's top executives announced on Monday, 12 December.
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Authors of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which has come under fire for its timing and possible legal impediments, appear to have realized…
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Philippine lawmakers have proposed a $4.9 billion sovereign wealth fund to be chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to boost growth, but critics warn it…
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Emmy-winning actor Kirstie Alley, star of the sitcom Cheers and three Look Who's Talking films, among others, died on 5 December (6 December Manila time) at…
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Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman believes the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund will help the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration achieve its "Agenda for…
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Senator Imee Marcos on Friday rejected the proposed measure seeking to establish the Maharlika Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund that would supposedly…
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Pag-IBIG Fund members have saved more than P66 billion in the last 10 months, breaking yet another record for the period and exceeding all prior full-year…
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Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global warming, the UN warned Thursday, with international…
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An American woman who contracted uterine cancer after using chemical hair straightening products sold by L'Oreal USA sued the company on 21 October, her lawyer…
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Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 percent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for…
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The fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to…
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Fonda, an avowed environmentalist and social campaigner, said her position was more fortunate than that of many others in her situation
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