Congress urged to focus on food, RE, inflation-cooling measures
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PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO CONGRESS must concentrate its efforts on measures expanding food production, promoting renewable energy (RE), and the continued opening of…
BEPS 2.0: A Philippine perspective
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More than a year since the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework proposed the two-pillar approach, we have heard much about BEPS 2.0 from a…
Cotabato officials press on with land acquisition, funding for Central Mindanao Airport
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MLANG.GOV.PH COTABATO’s provincial government and congressional representatives are pressing on with the development of the mothballed airport in M’lang town through land…
Ormoc residents approve merger of 28 villages into just 3
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ORMOC CITY GOVERNMENT ORMOC CITY residents voted in favor of the merger of barangays — the smallest and community-level political unit under…
DoT breaks ground for tourist centers in Cebu, Mindanao
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SAMAL INFORMATION OFFICE GROUNDBREAKING ceremonies were held over the weekend for four tourist centers in central and southern Philippines, the first batch…
More than 243M COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered as end-Sept.
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) on Sunday said it has cleared over 243 million doses of coronavirus disease…
Women students tell Iran president Raisi to ‘get lost’ as unrest rages
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A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”…
N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles in seventh of recent launches
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Military personnel take part in a parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in…
OPEC oil cuts bad for global economy, says Yellen
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. — US FEDERAL RESERVE US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a decision by the OPEC+ grouping to…
French Nobel literature winner, others urge protests against Macron as inflation bites
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FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON — REUTERS PARIS — A group of French intellectuals including Nobel literature prize winner Annie Ernaux on Sunday…