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Among the many ways the 2025 national budget was waylaid, according to a budget watchdog, was through the manipulation of the flagship poverty reduction…
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Among the many ways the 2025 national budget was waylaid, according to a budget watchdog, was through the manipulation of the flagship poverty reduction…
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BAGUIO CITY — Hundreds of students and members of student organizations at the University of the Philippines-Baguio (UPB) walked out of their classrooms…
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Mukakanhanga is among thousands of sex workers in Zimbabwe who have struggled to access HIV prevention tools.
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The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to make its first interest rate cut of the year at its policy meeting this week, spurred by a weakening jobs market —…
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BAGUIO CITY — Student groups in the Cordillera region are raising alarms over significant budget cuts proposed for 2026 to state universities and colleges,…
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When Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency in June 2022, he made the unusual decision to name himself the secretary of agriculture. The decision, he…
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Deprioritizing ODA financing could lead to higher borrowing costs, delayed infrastructure projects and reduced investor confidence, all of which could…
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It sounds like a win for Filipino car lovers. But hold your horses. There’s a catch or several of them.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States plans to end long-running military assistance for European countries close to Russia, as President Donald…
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Razon-led Manila Water Company Inc. (MWC) has unloaded its investment in Thailand’s Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Public Company Limited…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is expected to extend its rate-cutting cycle through 2026 as inflation stays within target, but economists caution that…
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We have this option to negotiate. We are a treaty ally of the US, and it is one of the many highlights of our current negotiation.
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Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Thursday sounded the alarm on the recently announced Philippine-United States tariff agreement, questioning whether the…
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‘While interest rates have eased considerably from their peak, erratic US trade policies will weigh on global investor sentiment and limit foreign direct…
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His proposed cuts to the goods and services tax would make everything from small cars to air conditioners cheaper.
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‘The Philippines did not gain any headway in the reciprocal tariffs, because we were given just a single percentage discount — from 20 percent to 19 percent.’
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India’s diplomacy is being tested on multiple fronts as its leaders juggle high-stakes conversations with France, Russia, and the United States, all while…
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Washington (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a delay in the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, hours before a trade…
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