
Funny old world: The week’s offbeat news
From Vietnam's leaders not being able to take a joke, to why Jude Law is proud that his new film stinks… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the…
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From Vietnam's leaders not being able to take a joke, to why Jude Law is proud that his new film stinks… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the…
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A former executive of the premier roofing firm Jacintocolor Steel Inc. is facing charges of theft, cybercrime, and violations of the anti-bouncing check law…
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More than two hundred Filipino and foreign stakeholders recently adopted the Manila Declaration on Creating Alternatives to Incarceration Systems in the…
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Indonesian officials on Monday played down concerns about a new law criminalizing sex outside of marriage, saying foreign holidaymakers will not be charged as…
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Some good news as Christmas approaches. The prices of petroleum products in the domestic pumps will go down heftily for the fourth straight week.
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A plan to equip San Francisco police with killer robots was sent back to the drawing board on Tuesday after city council members said they were having second…
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The energy crisis is fueling an acceleration of the rollout of renewable power, raising hopes for efforts to meet ambitious targets against global warming, the…
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The House of Representatives approved on final reading a bill establishing a virology and vaccine research institute in the country, which would spearhead the…
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Motorists will get another reduction in their fuel expenses this week.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the Chinese government's refusal to recognize the Philippines' rights over the West…
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After several weeks of increases, the prices of petroleum products in the domestic pumps will be on a decline this week starting Tuesday, 22 November.
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla has called on the country's United Nations partners to exercise due diligence in validating alleged…
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Indonesia's economic growth accelerated in the third quarter of 2022 on the back of strong exports and domestic consumption, official data showed on Monday,…
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After a few weeks of rollback, the prices of gasoline at the domestic petroleum pumps will be on a slight uptick starting Tuesday, 8 November due to cost…
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One of the top Philippine law firms, DivinaLaw was named the winner of two gold Stevie awards at the 19th Annual International Business Awards.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday introduced martial law in Ukraine's Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have…
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A double whammy of sorts in terms of high prices looms as oil companies project this week another round of increase by P3 per liter for diesel and kerosene…
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President Bongbong Marcos has signed into law the measure postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to the last Monday of October 2023 from…
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