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Electronics exports expected to fall 10% in 2023

November 26, 2023

Othel V. Campos

The Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry expects a 9-percent to 10-percent contraction in export receipts this year as exporters continue to grapple with global headwinds and supply issues. The Semiconductor and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) said during a board meeting Friday the decline was quite pronounced in September, where year-on-year electronics […]
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Warner Bros., local company team up to revive PH film market

November 26, 2023

Darwin G. Amojelar

Warner Bros. Pictures signed an exclusive partnership with a local film company to reawaken the Philippine movie industry. The Hollywood film studio signed an agreement with Filipino firm Mentorque Productions over the weekend to handle the theatrical distribution of horror movie Mallari, its first local mainstream film distribution. “This is the first mainstream Filipino movie […]
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UN report urges bold climate action

November 26, 2023

With global temperatures soaring and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reaching unprecedented levels, dramatic action is needed to steer the world away from runaway climate change and align it to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, a major UN report has found. The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released last week by the UN Environment Program (UNEP), […]
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Hopes upon treaty to curb plastic pollution

November 26, 2023

Manila Standard

The world needs a “strong, ambitious and just” treaty to cut down on the mass-produced plastics which are helping fuel the climate crisis. Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills, rivers and the ocean every year with the potential to enter the food chain, damaging human health and the environment. Ever since the […]
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COP28 puts agri-food systems in climate focus

November 26, 2023

Manila Standard

Rome―As the world gears up for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in a year with soaring temperatures and progressive extreme weather events, attention is turning towards innovative solutions to address the climate crisis. The scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said it earlier this year the effective solutions […]
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DENR eyeing better R&D on regenerative economy

November 26, 2023

Manila Standard

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking improvements in research and development concerning the circular economy. The DENR’s Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) made the initiative on the back of increasing action towards sustainability in the government and the private sector and rising consciousness to reuse and regenerate materials or products. […]
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Antarctic ozone hole getting deeper in mid-spring, research suggests

November 22, 2023

Paris, France – The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has been getting deeper in mid-spring over the last two decades, despite a global ban on chemicals that deplete Earth’s shield from deadly solar radiation, new research suggested Tuesday. The ozone layer 11 to 40 kilometres (seven to 25 miles) above Earth’s surface filters out most […]
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HERITAGE PARK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: Notice of Annual Certificateholders’ Meeting

November 22, 2023

Manila Standard

TO ALL CERTIFICATEHOLDERS: Please be informed that the Annual Certificateholders’ Meeting of HERITAGE PARK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (“HPMC”) shall be held on 15 December 2023, Friday, at 10:00 a.m. and conducted through remote communication via secure online meeting platform (Zoom) for the following purposes: A G E N D A The Board of Trustees of HPMC has fixed […]
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Joint US-PH WPS patrols start

November 22, 2023

Charles Dantes, Vince Lopez & Macon Ramos-Araneta

Marcos: 3-day maritime, air rounds to boost regional security President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday declared the beginning of joint maritime and air patrols between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Indo-Pacific Command in the West Philippine Sea. In a post on the social media platform X, President Marcos said the […]
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‘Shear line’ rains cause flooding, force 35k in Samar to evacuate

November 22, 2023

Ronald Reyes, Vince Lopez & Rio N. Araja

Tacloban City—More than 35,000 people were brought to safer ground as floodwaters engulfed large areas in Northern and Eastern Samar Tuesday, after a shear line–an area where cold and warm air meet—dumped six weeks’ worth of rain in the Eastern Visayas region. Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan suspended classes in the province from Nov. 20 […]
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Jacket weather: Amihan drops temps to 11.3°C

November 22, 2023

Jacket and sweater weather is finally here, the state weather bureau declared Tuesday, as temperatures dipped to a low 11.3 degrees Celsius station at the Benguet State University in La Trinidad, Benguet yesterday morning. That was the country’s coldest recorded temperature in the “amihan” or northeast monsoon season so far, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
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Fewer Pinoys feel hunger in 3rd qtr., Social Weather, OCTA surveys say

November 22, 2023

Some 9.8 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger—being hungry and not having anything to eat – at least once in the past three months, the latest Social Weather Stations survey showed. While the national average was better than the 10.4 percent reported in June, involuntary hunger in Metro Manila went up to 17.3 percent […]
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Manibela begins own PUV strike but Piston, 3 groups not joining

November 22, 2023

Rio N. Araja & Maricel Cruz

By Rio N. Araja and Maricel V. Cruz Transport group Manibela will pick up where the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) will leave off, declaring its own three-day nationwide strike starting today until Nov. 24 to oppose the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Piston’s members are not joining Manibela’s […]
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Rice prices rising anew on holiday demand—group

November 22, 2023

Othel V. Campos

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday threatened to cancel import permits that are not used within a month to buy an additional one million tons of rice to boost local stocks as price increases in the food staple have been noted in public markets. In a TV Patrol report, Bantay Bigas said the […]
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More ‘LAKAS’

November 22, 2023

Speaker Martin Romualdez administers the oath of membership to Lakas-CMD party to Reps. Rosemarie Conejos Panotes, Dale B. Corvera, Lordan G. Suan, and Mary Mitzi Cajayon-Uy in Quezon City on Tuesday. Witnessing are Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe ...

Sarangani town in state of calamity

November 22, 2023

Manila Standard

The municipality of Glan in Sarangani was placed under a state of calamity following last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Mindanao. Glan accounted for over half of the earthquake’s death toll, with five out of the nine fatalities recorded. The declaration will allow the release of calamity funds allocated to the local government and control […]
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I never blamed anyone—Marcos

November 20, 2023

President says no need to forgive people behind dad’s ouster in 1986 Saying he never blamed anyone for the ouster of his father, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is not one to take things personally as he returned to Hawaii for the first time since their exile to the island-state over three decades ago. […]
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LGUs, schools suspend F2F classes as 3-day strike starts

November 20, 2023

Gabriellea B. Parino & Rio N. Araja

The Department of Education (DepEd) said Sunday it will leave it to local governments to decide whether to suspend classes to cope with a nationwide transport strike that begins today, while the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it will suspend the number-coding scheme. The transport group Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators […]
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Sara: UniTeam intact, but checking impeach rumors

November 20, 2023

Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday said she believed she still has the trust of President Marcos even as her office is doing “due diligence” on rumors that there are moves to impeach her. “We’re okay,” Duterte said during a chance interview in Quezon City. “I believe that I still have the trust of President […]
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Speaker: Nothing in the offing amid impeach VP talk

November 20, 2023

Charles Dantes & Rio N. Araja

House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday denied claims that there was a move to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte amid talk of fractures inside the “UniTeam” coalition. “I’m not aware of anything…There’s been nothing filed, no news of that,” Romualdez said in a chance interview in San Francisco, California, where he is part of President […]
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Mindanao quake death toll climbs to 8

November 20, 2023

Rio N. Araja & Vince Lopez

The death toll following the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit Davao Occidental on Friday climbed to eight, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said yesterday. The NDRRMC said 13 people were also reportedly injured. It likewise recorded a total of 125 damaged houses and infrastructures in Davao City, Davao Occidental, Davao del Sur, […]
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Nicaraguan bet crowned Miss Universe for first time

November 20, 2023

Angelica Villanueva & Eton B. Concepcion

Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday at the 72nd edition of the pageant, held this year in El Salvador. Palacios, 23, received the crown and sash from her predecessor, R’Bonney Gabriel from the United States. This is the first time a contestant from Nicaragua has won the contest, with Thailand’s Anntonia […]
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Group questions Meralco’s franchise

November 20, 2023

Alena Mae S. Flores

Subscribers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are getting zero benefits from the utility’s franchise as the “economies of scale” that should cut costs are instead just bloating the company’s size and profits, a consumer advocate said. “Usually in economies of scale, as we understand it, the larger you grow, the lower is your cost, so […]
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Qatar PM: Only ‘minor’ challenges to Israel-Hamas hostage agreement

November 20, 2023

A deal to free hostages Hamas seized in its Oct. 7 attack on Israel now hinges on “minor” practical issues, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday, without giving details or a timeline. “The challenges that remain in the negotiations are very minor compared to the bigger challenges, they are more logistical, they are more practical,” Mohammed […]
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No one left behind

November 20, 2023

Manila Standard

What can P670 million do? On the part of the legislative and executive branches of government, plenty. Working in tandem, the House of Representatives and the Department of Social Work and Community Development recently launched a program to distribute P670 million worth of financial and rice assistance to an initial 335,000 poor Filipino families in […]
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The thaw

November 20, 2023

“Far from being a dance of the sabers, Xi was simply warming up the temperature that has caused the world to be on edge” The setting was perfect. Away from the madding crowd, sheltered in a huge estate in the rolling hills off the California coast called Filoli, the two most powerful leaders of the […]
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Marcos, Xi to talk West PH Sea issues

November 18, 2023

Charles Dantes, Maricel Cruz & Vince Lopez

Leaders seek to ease tensions, ‘strategize’ PH role, way forward in disputed waters President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon (Friday in Manila) to discuss ways to ease tensions in the West […]
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WPS Discussion

November 18, 2023

Manila Standard

President Marcos talks to US Vice President Kamala Harris (right) regarding the current situation in the West Philippine Sea at the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco, California on Friday. MPC Photo
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US, PH ink historic ‘123’ nuke power agreement

November 18, 2023

The United States on Thursday signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with the Philippines, clearing a path for US investments to jump-start atomic power in a country racing to expand its electricity supply. President Marcos, who has become a close US ally in his more than one year in power, was on hand when Energy Secretary […]
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SolGen ready to join probe vs. POGO passport holders

November 18, 2023

Vito Barcelo & Rey E. Requejo

The Office of the Solicitor General on Friday said it is ready to join any investigation if the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) wants to file charges against foreigners who illegally obtain genuine Philippine passports. Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the problem of foreigners obtaining Philippine passports fraudulently “was not really a big one before” […]
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2028 election speculation ‘premature’, says Speaker

November 18, 2023

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Friday said it is premature to talk about the 2028 national elections at this time. Romualdez made the statement amid recent attacks against the House of Representatives from former president Rodrigo Duterte, after the institution slashed P650 million in confidential and intelligence funds of two offices headed by his […]
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Protesting ahead

November 18, 2023

Drivers operating traditional jeepneys on routes within the cities of Pasig, Taguig, Marikina, and Makati held a protest in Pasig City on Friday to demonstrate their unity and support of the upcoming three-day transport strike, starting Monday, agains...

Makabayan asks PBBM to support ICC investigation of Rody’s drug war

November 18, 2023

Maricel Cruz, Rey E. Requejo & Macon Ramos-Araneta

The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives made a fresh appeal to President Marcos to support the International Criminal Court’s probe into the so-called war on drugs of the former administration. The bloc’s members, Reps. France Castro of ACT Teachers, Arlene Brosas of Gabriela, and Raoul Manuel of Kabataan, cited the need for the […]
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Christmas in Manila

November 18, 2023

Manila Standard

Workers prepare a giant Christmas tree near the iconic City Hall of Manila and Kartilya ng Katipunan monument as the city government announced the ‘joyful’ lighting of lanterns and Christmas trees on Saturday at 6 p.m. Manila PIO Photo
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BOC nabs man for P112m worth of smuggled onions

November 18, 2023

Vito Barcelo & Joel E. Zurbano

The Bureau of Customs arrested a suspected big-time agricultural smuggler and seized 30 container vans of smuggled onions worth P112 million. Jayson de Roxas Taculog was arrested on Nov. 15 for violating Republic Act No. 10845, which classifies large-scale agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage, with no bail recommended, the BOC announced Friday. Manila Regional Trial […]
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DoTr sets new EDSA busway rules

November 18, 2023

Darwin G. Amojelar

The Department of Transportation has issued a new set of guidelines on the use of the EDSA busway amid the increasing number of violations. Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said the dedicated lane is for public utility buses (PUB) in a bid to move as many commuters as possible. In his letter to Metro Manila Development […]
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PSE index nears 6,200 level

November 16, 2023

Jenniffer B. Austria

Philippine stocks and the peso moved up Thursday ahead of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ decision to keep the benchmark interest rate steady at 6.5 percent. Analysts said local shares sustained their upward momentum as investors took positive cues from Wall Street’s overnight performance. The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange index added 20.35 points, or 0.33 […]
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BSP keeps interest rate at 6.5%

November 16, 2023

The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) kept the overnight borrowing rate steady at 6.5 percent amid the slowdown in inflation in October and the stronger gross domestic product expansion in the third quarter. The BSP, however, remained hawkish, saying it might resume monetary policy tightening if needed to make sure inflation […]
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