Sun Life maintains positive outlook for the remainder of 2022
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SLIMTC President & Chief Investment Officer Mike Enriquez Amid the headwinds being experienced by the local and global economies, Sun Life Investment…
Chinese cities break heat records, weather extremes to persist
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A VIEW of the city skyline in Shanghai, China, Feb. 24, 2022. — REUTERS BEIJING – Several Chinese cities broke new records for high temperatures on Tuesday as scorching heat and…
Pacific island leaders welcome US pledge to triple funding for region
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SYDNEY – Pacific island leaders welcomed a pledge by the United States to triple aid to the region to combat illegal fishing, enhance maritime security and tackle climate change, after decades of stagnant…
South Korea’s PM warns of COVID surge as cases hit two-month high
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COMPUTER-GENERATED representation of COVID-19 virions via Felipe Esquivel Reed / CC BY-SA SEOUL – Daily COVID-19 infections in South Korea have jumped above 40,000 for the first…
Malaysia’s Petronas to fight seizure of Luxembourg assets
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Malaysian state oil company Petronas said on Tuesday it would defend its legal position after two of its subsidiaries were seized in Luxembourg. The units were…
Germany to stop buying Russian coal on Aug 1, oil on Dec 31, says deputy fin min
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UNSPLASH SYDNEY, July 13 (Reuters) – Germany will completely stop buying Russian coal on Aug. 1 and Russian oil on Dec. 31, marking a major shift in the source of the country’s energy supply, deputy finance minister Joerg Kukies…
Shopping for ‘Green Finds’ made easier at SM Store
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SM Retail, Inc. launches SM Green Finds to make shopping for sustainable products easier for consumers. Consumers have been increasingly considering the…
Trade gap widens in May as imports rise
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Workers load sacks of flour in a delivery truck in Manila, July 11. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN THE PHILIPPINES’ trade…
Peso touches record low against US dollar
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS THE PHILIPPINE peso on Tuesday fell to its weakest level against the US dollar since November 2004, amid…
White-collar Filipino workers feel pinch of price increases
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PEOPLE head to restaurants at a mall in Quezon City. — PHILIPPINE STAR / MIGUEL DE GUZMAN By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza,…