Few ideas to bring down food prices
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PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOS Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno predicted in January that inflation peaked in December at 8.1%. Unfortunately, he misread the data…
Quo Vadis, Philippine Health: Why our health system continues to fail to serve the poorest
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MARCELO LEAL-UNSPLASH Doctor Alberto “Quasi” del Gallego Romualdez took over the Department of Health (DoH) in 1998 as President Erap Estrada’s Health…
The retention problem: Women are going into tech but are also being driven out
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CHRISTINA WOCINTECHCHAT.COM-UNSPLASH By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the US, but there will only be enough college graduates…
Can’t give employees raises? Add benefits
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DESPITE FEARS of a slowdown, the labor market is still pretty tight. Most companies aren’t laying people off. They are more concerned…
China proffers ‘peaceful’ reunification, Taiwan says respect our democracy
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CHESS PIECES are seen in front of displayed China and Taiwan’s flags in this illustration taken Jan. 25. — REUTERS BEIJING/TAIPEI —…
Nations secure UN global high seas biodiversity pact
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NEGOTIATORS from more than 100 countries completed a U.N. treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday, a long-awaited step that environmental…
Spain announces law on gender parity in politics and business
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People walk past a Zara store, an Inditex brand, in central Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 20, 2016. — REUTERS/ALBERT GEA MADRID — Spanish…
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
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DUBAI — Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that…
China sets modest growth target of about 5% as parliament opens
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REUTERS BEIJING — China set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5% on Sunday as it kicked off…
Scams on fake IKEA websites reach P1.4 million
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By Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter FRAUDULENT websites claiming to be Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA have scammed 718 Filipino customers as of March 3, with their…