PPA awards multiple port dredging contracts
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PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) recently awarded dredging projects at various ports, including those in Manila, Ilocos Norte, Negros…
Corporate dissolution made easy
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The Philippines, it’s often easier to incorporate a new entity than to dissolve an existing corporation. Investors face the tedious and long…
Russia moves war goalposts as it gets bogged down in Ukraine
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LONDON — Russia has reframed its war goals in Ukraine in a way that may make it easier for President Vladimir Putin…
Fire erupts as Saudi Aramco oil site hit by Houthis
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RIYADH — Yemen’s Houthis said they launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities on Friday and the Saudi-led coalition said oil giant Aramco’s…
North Korea says new ICBM will curb ‘dangerous’ US; Washington seeks new sanctions
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SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS — North Korea said on Friday its launch of a big new intercontinental ballistic missile was designed to demonstrate the…
Reset and restart towards better tourism
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FREEPIK After two years in flux, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat announced that the country will be opening its borders to international tourism….
Putin isn’t crazy enough to use nukes. Or is he?
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MACROVECTOR-FREEPIK IN RECENT WEEKS, we have seen a curious dichotomy in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military approach to his war in Ukraine….
Grave threats with failed nuclear power plants
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UPKLYAK-FREEPIK Russian forces captured the USSR-built Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, after a fierce battle…
The Marcoses and the Ilocano tobacco farmers
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BW FILE PHOTO The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters have left Filipino farmers reeling. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data…
TikTok is propagandists’ new tool to win elections in Southeast Asia
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REUTERS By Nuurrianti Jalli Scholars and political observers have raised concerns over public opinion maneuvering on social media in Southeast Asia as…