JICA, NEDA regional office ink partnership for Metro Davao masterplan
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THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) Davao region office and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have sealed a partnership for drawing…
Tropical depression Rosal could weaken as it moves further away from Luzon
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A TROPICAL depression within the Philippine area is seen to weaken as it moves further away from Luzon mainland in the coming…
Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine’s Odesa
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A STREET VENDOR waits for customers in a dark underpass during emergency power blackout in the city center of Odesa, Ukraine on…
Ukraine attacks occupied Melitopol; Russian side says two killed, 10 injured
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FREEPIK KYIV — Ukraine attacked occupied Melitopol in the country’s southeast on Saturday evening, the Russian-installed and exiled Ukrainian authorities of the…
China’s capital Beijing swings from anger over past COVID policies to coping with infections
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KIAN ZHANG-UNSPLASH BEIJING — Beijing’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an…
Japan lawmaker in Taiwan says China’s threat needs higher military spending
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ROMEO A Z8JC-UNSPLASH TAIPEI — Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the “grim reality” of the threat…
Former central bank economist named Peru’s new finance chief
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PERU’S new President Dina Boluarte named a US-educated economist who has spent most of his career at the central bank as economy…
Senior US officials to visit China to follow up on Xi-Biden meet
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THE US will send a delegation to China in the coming days, following up on President Joseph R. Biden’s meeting with Chinese…
Japan to support construction of second Samar-Leyte bridge
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PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO/ NB By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE GOVERNMENT has obtained a commitment from Japan to support the construction…
Onion import decision imminent as DA assesses supply-demand situation
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PHILSTAR By Ashley Erika O. Jose THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) said it is assessing the state of the onion inventory ahead…