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PH, Japan affirm defense, security cooperation

MANILA — The Philippines and Japan on Thursday affirmed their commitment to strengthen defense and security cooperation during President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s five-day official trip to...

DMW creates task force, command center to monitor OFWs in Türkiye

MANILA – A task force and a 24/7 command center have been established by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to monitor the situation of overseas Filipino...

‘Bayanihan’ among ASEAN leaders urged to ensure quality education

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to embrace the spirit of “bayanihan” (cooperation)...

Japan PM pledges $4.6B to support PH economic dev’t plan

MANILA – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday pledged to provide 600 billion yen (USD4.6 billion) in official development assistance (ODA) and private-sector investment to...

PBBM open to technology development to boost PH energy supply

MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday expressed openness to exploring technologies that would help augment the power supply in the Philippines. This, after Japan’s...

More gains eyed for PH economy from PBBM trip to Japan

SC dismisses coco levy graft case vs. JPE ahead of 99th birthday

MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile along with several others in connection with the coconut...

Zubiri pushes for PH-Japan VFA talks

MANILA – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday urged the Philippine and Japanese governments to begin exploratory talks on a possible Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) now...

China’s warming economy new impetus to global growth

BEIJING – Well begun is half done. Off to a good start in 2023, China’s economy is seeing a faster-than-expected recovery, which is boosting confidence and...

The net-zero shell game

February 9, 2023 Setting net-zero emissions as a target for 2050 is so vague and ambiguous as to be almost meaningless. If an absolute reduction in...