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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s energy minister sought Monday to ease fears over shortages of plastic rubbish bags after sales in Seoul jumped nearly…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s energy minister sought Monday to ease fears over shortages of plastic rubbish bags after sales in Seoul jumped nearly…
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Oil refineries are still running on the inventories before Iran was attacked — inventories normally lasting 40-60 days — but these refineries are now running…
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The big three domestic oil firms warned that their fuel inventories may run out next month if the problem in the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved, but…
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The provincial government of Pampanga on Thursday inaugurated a new P11.4-million school building at Lourdes Elementary School, addressing a classroom shortage…
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The threat of an oil shortage in the country looms large, as petroleum companies on Thursday warned that fuel supplies beyond April are not guaranteed amid…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned of possible flight disruptions due to the tightening jet fuel supply, even as Malacañang initially maintained that the…
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The most sobering point of the Secretary of Energy’s remarks is the asymmetry she noted, that is, high fuel prices are painful but manageable, but no fuel at…
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Notable local and global canned sardine brand, Mega Prime Foods Inc., is seeking government intervention as the company said it can no longer cope with the…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go warned of a growing crisis in the Philippines’ education system caused by a severe shortage of guidance counselors and mental…
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Twenty Thai crew members of a cargo ship attacked in the crucial Strait of Hormuz arrived in Thailand on Monday, with three of their…
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BORONGAN CITY — Eastern Samar Governor Ralph Vincent Evardone has ordered an immediate inventory of gasoline stocks and fuel requirements across the province…
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Nosy Tarsee was apprised of the never-ending dehydration saga in a certain southern Metro Manila city, where the feisty local mayor is once again dragging the…
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MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Nepal has started selling half-filled cooking gas cylinders to curb hoarding and panic buying, officials said Friday, following import…
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Senator Bam Aquino has urged the Department of Education to expedite the release of P65 billion to local government units (LGUs), warning that continued delays…
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Transport and agricultural workers are feeling the squeeze as fuel prices surge, cutting into incomes and threatening food production.
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Once upon a time, not in some distant land but right here in the Philippines, an unspeakable culinary calamity struck. Fried chicken vanished. Not…
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The global smartphone market is projected to suffer its sharpest decline on record in 2026 as shortages of memory chips and rising component costs force…
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) attributed the escape of high-profile fugitives like former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and lawyer Harry Roque to a severe…
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