Typhoon-prone Philippines plans cover on infrastructure losses
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The Philippines is readying an insurance plan that will protect the Southeast Asian nation from infrastructure losses caused by natural disasters, seeking…
Women in power: BABAEngineers of AboitizPower
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BABAEngineers of AboitizPower (from left to right) Nes Pascua, Allyson Milan, and Arline de Gracia AboitizPower Corporation (AboitizPower), one of the Philippines’…
Indigenous Filipinos fight plans to build a dam on their land
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EIA.EMB.GOV.PH MANILA – For thousands of years, the Filipino Dumagat-Remontados Indigenous people have cultivated their lands on the Sierra Madre mountain range. Soon, hundreds of hectares of…
Yellen rejects World Bank capital increase; no challengers to US nominee to lead lender
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WASHINGTON – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday rejected the idea of a near-term capital increase for the World Bank and said she expected US nominee Ajay Banga to win election as the bank‘s next leader, with…
Ex-Tesla worker testifies that race bias made him ‘feel less than a man’
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A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted on him by…
Pope to spend ‘few days’ in hospital due to respiratory infection
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REUTERS VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend “a few days” in hospital for treatment, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday, amid concern…
The #AuraPortraitMaster vivo V27e: Your next must-have smartphone now available for PHP16,999
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Start your mobile photography journey and get the pocket studio of your dreams with the latest addition to vivo’s premium lineup, The…
A pioneering leader in premium affordable housing
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Ovialand President and Chief Executive Officer Marie Leonore Fatima “Pammy” Olivares-Vital For many, stable housing is important for economic and social development,…
PEZA Q1 investments jump by 54%
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A man works at an assembly plant in Valenzuela City, Oct. 5, 2017. — REUTERS/DONDI TAWATAO THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)…
Government to borrow P160B locally in April
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BW FILE PHOTO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (NG) plans to borrow P160 billion from the domestic market in April, the Bureau of the…