
ASEAN backs oil reserve study, emergency protocols
MACTAN, Cebu — ASEAN leaders on Friday adopted a sweeping regional response plan aimed at protecting Southeast Asia from the economic and security fallout of…
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MACTAN, Cebu — ASEAN leaders on Friday adopted a sweeping regional response plan aimed at protecting Southeast Asia from the economic and security fallout of…
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MACTAN, Cebu — ASEAN leaders on Friday expressed “serious concern” over the escalating conflict in the Middle East, condemning both the preemptive attacks by…
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MACTAN, Cebu — As the Middle East war continues, and tariff woes remain, investors in the ASEAN region are more cautious, Philippine Trade and Industry…
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Russia this week declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between 8 and 9 May to coincide with its commemorations of World War II Victory Day.
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Our energy security, food security, and the safety of ASEAN nationals have been brought out as the most urgent priorities for our region to address.
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Tyranny leads to the decline of press freedom. The spread of fake news erodes the truth, and when these two issues collide, the consequences can be dire.
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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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NEW YORK (AFP) — Coverage of the Trump administration dominated Monday’s Pulitzer Prizes, which criticized the president’s attempts to limit press freedom.
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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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It’s not only civilians who are caught in the crossfire in a war. Pets’ lives are also at risk.
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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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The photo drop was no accident. It landed squarely in the middle of an escalating war of words between the two.
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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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On 19 April, a clash between government troops and New People’s Army fighters in Toboso, Negros Occidental, left 19 people dead.
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