
Gov’t eyes $1.5-B ADB funding amid Gulf crisis
The Philippine government is seeking up to $1.5 billion in emergency financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help cushion the economy from the…
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The Philippine government is seeking up to $1.5 billion in emergency financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help cushion the economy from the…
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The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday ordered an aggressive crackdown against erring personnel following the separate arrests of two…
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla vowed Friday to pursue those behind the illegal tobacco trade to the fullest extent of the law,…
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) rescued 78 overseas Filipino worker (OFW) applicants from an unregistered accommodation facility in Makati City on…
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The government is intensifying its campaign against the illicit tobacco trade as illegal activities continue to threaten billions of pesos in public revenues,…
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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Summer is coming, a boom time for ice cream makers, but Japanese authorities have raided six major firms on suspicion of colluding to…
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It turned out that she was partly correct on the first count but completely off the mark on the second.
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‘I think that will again spike the prices more than anything else. Anything that happens there affects the prices. If there’s a declaration (of full closure)…
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Nearly a year after the Chief Executive used his biggest annual platform to call out the anomalies in the public works agency, a controversial circumferential…
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced Friday it is investigating contractors following reports of overnight tree-relocation…
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Authorities said illegal mining activities have stopped in hinterland villages of Opol, Misamis Oriental, more than a month after the…
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More than 1,000 public schools across Mindanao sustained damage after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near Sarangani province, disrupting the first week of…
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Every now and then, as you take your regular food breaks, you get to discover something that truly pleases you, something special that delights your palate and…
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Two new studies are pointing to an unlikely contributor to declining birthrates: the smartphone. Researchers found that fertility rates, particularly among…
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South Korean actress Park So Dam opened up about one of the most challenging chapters of her life, recalling the fear and uncertainty she experienced after…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) launched an investigation Monday to track down the sources of fake social media posts falsely claiming that the 8 June…
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KOLKATA, India (AFP) — India has deported nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi citizens since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party swept to power in West…
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