
South Korea pardons jailed ex-president Lee
Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the…
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Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the…
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House Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of the MIF — which President Marcos himself admitted initiating — said the amendments introduced…
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The Pag-IBIG Fund officially launched the Virtual Pag-IBIG Mobile App to bring its services closer to members as it marked its 42nd anniversary on Wednesday,…
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants his cousin, no less than President Bongbong Marcos, to certify the controversial Maharlika Investment…
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The Pag-IBIG Fund netted a record-high income of P38.06 billion from January to October 2022, the agency's top executives announced on Monday, 12 December.
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The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy over his…
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Authors of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which has come under fire for its timing and possible legal impediments, appear to have realized…
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Philippine lawmakers have proposed a $4.9 billion sovereign wealth fund to be chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to boost growth, but critics warn it…
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Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman believes the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund will help the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration achieve its "Agenda for…
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Senator Imee Marcos on Friday rejected the proposed measure seeking to establish the Maharlika Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund that would supposedly…
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Although Australia is seen as one of the world's cleanest political systems, a string of controversies, including expenses abuse, political interference by…
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Pag-IBIG Fund members have saved more than P66 billion in the last 10 months, breaking yet another record for the period and exceeding all prior full-year…
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Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global warming, the UN warned Thursday, with international…
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Dozens of workers fell unconscious and were hospitalized on Thursday after a chemical leak at an Indian meat processing plant, police said, the second such…
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The fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to…
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Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Malaysia's ex-premier Najib Razak, was found guilty of graft Thursday, just over a week after her husband began serving a 12-year…
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