JICA provides P715-M grant for Bangsamoro projects
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THE JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing a 1.8-billion yen (P714 million) grant for projects intended to support the peace process…
Hungarian water firm eyes joint ventures in Mindanao towns
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EMERGENCY water treatment units developed by Hungarian Water Technology Corporation used by the Philippine’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. —…
Justice dep’t issues immigration lookout order vs vehicle owner in hit-and-run
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PHILSTAR THE DEPARTMENT of Justice on Tuesday issued a lookout order against the owner of the vehicle in the viral hit-and-run incident…
DoT positions Clark as MICE destination, New Clark City for sports tourism
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THE TOURISM department is positioning the Clark Freeport Zone, located north of the capital Manila, as a premier destination for the MICE…
Retired election commissioner Guanzon now P3WP party-list 1st nominee
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TWITTER/ROWENA_GUANZON RETIRED election commissioner Maria Rowena V. Guanzon has become the P3WP party-list group’s first nominee after five of its previous nominees…
Regaining economic strength under the Marcos presidency
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RAWPIXEL.COM-FREEPIK President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. has bared the names of the individuals who will lead his economic team. They are technocrats…
The state of mass housing
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NHA FIVE-STOREY LOW RISE BUILDINGS, Harmony Hills Terraces Phase 1 in Batasan Hills, Quezon City — DHSUD.GOV.PH (Part 2) We can only…
Do computers have feelings? Don’t let Google alone decide
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NEWS that Alphabet, Inc.’s Google sidelined an engineer who claimed its artificial intelligence system had become sentient after he’d had several months…
The truth defense in defamation
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UPKLYAK-FREEPIK Just the other week, a jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit he brought against ex-wife…
Ukraine’s farmers fear war-time harvest ‘hell’
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An ear of wheat is seen in a field near the village of Hrebeni in Kyiv region, Ukraine July 17, 2020. —…