Thriving in a world of in-betweens
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JAVIER ALLEGUE-UNSPLASH The pandemic continues to place the world in a constant see-saw with the global numbers going up and down. It…
Green skepticism: The bane of sustainable fashion?
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TU TU-UNSPLASH Eco-friendly. Green. Sustainable. You have probably seen these words, or their synonyms, used to market and promote many consumer products…
Build-build-build, extended welfare, vaccine discrimination, and liberty forum
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There are as usual four topics in this column and we go straight to them. ASSESSMENT OF DUTERTE’S BUILD-BUILD-BUILDDr. Epictetus E. Patalinghug,…
Should your buses, trams and trains be free?
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ELIJAH G-UNSPLASH LIKE EVERYBODY I know in Germany, I bought the so-called €9 ticket this summer. Three, in fact — one each…
Singapore hotel prices hit 10-year high as city roars back to life
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HOTEL ROOMS in Singapore are now the most expensive in almost a decade as the city-state seeks to position itself as the…
Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib seeks royal pardon
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/WIKIPEDIA KUALA LUMPUR — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has applied for a royal pardon, the speaker of parliament…
Retailer’s CFO plunges to death at NYC’s Jenga tower
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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS BED BATH & BEYOND, Inc.’s chief financial officer (CFO) fell to his death from New York’s Tribeca skyscraper known as…
Special presidential envoy asks pope to ‘pray for Taiwan’
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ANNETT KLINGNER-PIXABAY TAIPEI — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s special envoy met Pope Francis on Sunday and asked him to “pray for Taiwan,”…
Making time, vulnerability are dating green flags for Gen Z — Tinder
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Ivan Radic/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 A 2022 survey of Gen Z Filipinos on the dating app Tinder found that 73% of respondents prefer…
Where’s the beef? Brazil balances barbecues and forest protection
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Dalma Food AB/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS RIO DE JANEIRO — Among a raft of more conventional presidential campaign promises, Brazil’s former leader…