
Lower Japan banana tariffs dominate talks
Philippine bananas currently face tariffs of up to 18 percent. Despite being Japan’s top supplier, the country’s market share fell to 75 percent in 2024 from…
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Philippine bananas currently face tariffs of up to 18 percent. Despite being Japan’s top supplier, the country’s market share fell to 75 percent in 2024 from…
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Sanae Takaichi has positioned herself as a hardline leader focused on national defense and economic security.
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The most striking aspect of the current blame games is the fact that these are taking place in the broader contexts of democratic dissatisfaction,…
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Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected and staunchly conservative head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime…
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Weeks ago, Chiz wielded the Senate gavel. Now his name surfaces in sworn testimonies about ghost projects and phantom commissions.
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY — General Santos City Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao is turning the tables on her critics following graft charges filed against her, pointing to…
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Japan's prime minister told the United Nations on Tuesday that Tokyo's recognition of the State of Palestine was only a question of time, saying he was…
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A decade after the Supreme Court struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), fears mounted…
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Given the non-cooperation of Player A, his strategy is to deny being involved. Instead, his narrative is that all of this is the work of Player A and was done…
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Jakarta, Kathmandu and Manila itself: we have seen how protests turn, how quickly they dissolve into tear gas and truncheons, how easily the poor end up as…
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The accused individuals participating in the inquiries render the proceedings self-serving rather than independent.
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The Miss Universe beauty pageant has become more competitive with organizers opening it to more contestants.
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KORONADAL CITY — Mayor Clemente Fedoc of Norala, South Cotabato, says he refused an alleged offer of P500 million to P1 billion for a flood control project,…
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The Japan Credit Rating Agency also emphasized the Philippines’ ‘solid foreign currency liquidity position,’ noting that it will allow the country to remain…
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Vice President Sara Duterte was scheduled to fly to Japan last night to join the Filipino communities in Tokyo and Nagoya in rallies to protest the corruption…
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Vice President Sara Duterte said she is set to fly to Japan on Thursday evening to meet with Filipino communities in Tokyo and Nagoya who are holding rallies…
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We should also be aware that our self-preserving ruling class, aided by their moneyed enablers and mercenary operatives, is clearly and actively playing…
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) star Conor McGregor announced Monday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the country’s…
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