
Greed, failures feed pain
For decades, the country has pinned its hopes on foreign investments and open markets to drive development. Record inflows of over $100 billion last year were…
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For decades, the country has pinned its hopes on foreign investments and open markets to drive development. Record inflows of over $100 billion last year were…
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The local bourse and the peso posted substantial gains as progress in diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran gave investors much-needed…
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Petron Corp.’s first-quarter net income fell 56 percent to P1.8 billion from P4 billion a year earlier, dragged by refinery disruptions and a sharp surge in…
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LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — ASEAN leaders will convene this week to a scaled-down, “bare bones” setup as tensions in the Middle East have forced a shift in both the…
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Two US destroyers and US-flagged merchant vessels passed safely through the strait under a layered defensive operation including ships, helicopters, aircraft…
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Global oil prices remain at levels that continue to exert upward pressure on domestic fuel and transport costs.
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A parallel I see is the way our own political playbook is repeated over and over again.
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The most likely near-term scenario is more of the same: the conditional ceasefire extended pending talks, with almost no shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,…
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan said Monday it had facilitated the transfer of 22 Iranian crew members from a US-seized vessel, describing the move as a…
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By blocking the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has choked off major flows of oil, gas and fertilizer to the world economy.
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Optimism grew with Iran’s new 14-point proposal aimed at reaching a diplomatic resolution even as President Trump signaled plans to escort vessels through the…
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More than 200 Filipinos arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) over the last two days as the government accelerated repatriation efforts for…
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A total of 202 Filipinos, including overseas Filipino workers and their dependents, have returned to the Philippines from Kuwait and Abu Dhabi as part of the…
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The country, based on the World Press Freedom Index, is ranked 114th out of 180 countries, from its previous 116th ranking.
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Senator Imee Marcos urged the government to pursue direct government-to-government (G2G) oil procurement and diversify the country’s fuel supply sources to…
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‘We Europeans must take greater responsibility for our security.’
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‘At this moment I’m not satisfied with what they’re offering,’ Trump told reporters.
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The economic fallout from the Middle East crisis may pose risks to the local real estate sector for the remainder of the year, according to Joey Bondoc, head…
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