Calling all plantitos and plantitas
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JONATHAN KEMPER-UNSPLASH (Part 1) The looming food crisis (and even possible starvation here and in many parts of the world because of…
Employer’s flexible work options
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ISRAEL ANDRADE-UNSPLASH In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, employers were constrained to adopt alternative work arrangements to continue business operations while…
DoH reports 60 new cases of BA.5 Omicron subvariant, PHL remains ‘low risk’
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The Philippines tallied 60 new cases of the fast-spreading BA.5 Omicron subvariant from July 7 to 11, bringing the total to 293…
UK watchdog seeks review into government use of WhatsApp, messaging apps
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by Webster2703 from Pixabay LONDON – Britain should review the use of WhatsApp, private emails and other messaging…
No fries till autumn at some of McDonald’s Russian successor restaurants
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by Bella RaKo from Pixabay MOSCOW – Excitement was on the menu when former McDonald’s restaurants reopened in…
Twitter hits back at Musk, says no deal obligations breached
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DANIEL OBERHAUS/FLICKER Twitter Inc fired back at Elon Musk on Monday, accusing the world’s richest person of “knowingly” breaching an agreement to…
Chile currency plunge, inflation rattle Latin America’s copper king
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SANTIAGO – Chile‘s tumbling currency and runaway inflation are testing the Andean copper giant’s economic and financial systems, and complicating President Gabriel…
US Treasury’s Yellen, Japan’s Suzuki to discuss weak yen, more sanctions on Russia
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. — US FEDERAL RESERVE TOKYO – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will discuss ways to further strengthen…
May trade deficit widens as imports climb
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The country’s trade-in-goods deficit grew slightly in May as imports rose to its five-month high, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported this…
FDI net inflows rise to 4-month high
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ALEXANDER MIL-UNSPLASH By Keisha B. Ta-asan NET INFLOWS of foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the Philippines surged to a four-month high in…