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Banks record positive business indicators in Q1 2024
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Ex-solon seeks TRO on Miru contract for 2025 polls
MANILA: A former lawmaker on Thursday filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction against the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) contract
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PBBM orders grant of grace period to e-vehicles using NCR nat’l roads
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday directed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and local government units (LGUs) to grant a one-month grace period to electric and other
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NEDA: PH implementing reforms to improve business climate
MANILA: The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Thursday, Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has urged businesses in the United States to invest in the Philippines, noting that the government
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DOJ partners with private firms for program to upskill female PDLs
MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday inked an agreement with private institutions to launch Project Arts, Crafts and E-Commerce (ARTE) to improve the
President calls on Lao, Vietnamese people to nurture special relationship
General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on September 5 called on people of Laos and Vietnam to exert efforts to
Project to strengthen Lao National and Provincial People’s Assemblies launched
The National Assembly of Laos, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Sept 6 launched a new project to strengthen the
FDA Panel Backs Much-Debated ALS Drug in Rare, 2nd Review
A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously
Photos tell stories about Vietnam – Laos special relations
photo exhibition on the Vietnam – Laos relations kicked off at the National News Agency Centre in Hanoi on September 6.Opening the event, General Director of the Vietnam News
Watchdog Groups Call On Biden to Be More Aggressive on Climate
As the world grapples with multiple climate-related disasters on different continents, a watchdog group in Washington is pressing the Biden administration to take more aggressive action to reduce emissions in
Zimbabwe’s Measles Outbreak Claims Nearly 700 Lives
Zimbabwe is struggling to contain a measles outbreak that has killed nearly 700 people, most of them children and young people.Zimbabwe’s government said Tuesday thousands of people have been infected
California Facing Chance of Blackouts Amid Brutal Heat Wave
California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures. State energy officials said the electrical load
Zimbabwe Says Measles Outbreak Has Killed 700 Children
The death toll from a measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to almost 700 children, the country’s health ministry has said.Some are calling for the enactment of legislation to make