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How the global energy crisis is pressuring countries at the UN climate summit – while some race to renewables, others plan more natural gas production

Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are...

US midterms: America appears to have passed ‘peak Trump’

Jair Bolsonaro lost in Brazil, but his threat to democracy remains

The days leading up to the recent Brazilian election were tense, violent and desperate. Days before the run-off vote on Oct. 30, 2022, Carla Zambelli, a...

ASEAN asks Myanmar to comply; to tap UN support for peace plan

MANILA – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants the Myanmar military junta to comply with a peace plan based on a specific timeline and “measurable...

Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

November 11, 2022 Much of the commentary on the public sector stays at the level of generalities. Exhortations to become more strategic, more inclusive, bolder in...

Nuclear energy plays a key role in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

November 10, 2022 There is an undeniable truth that Canadians will need to accept: embracing nuclear power is a key element of reaching net-zero. Industry associations...

PBBM invited to WEF in Switzerland in January 2023

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has been invited to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland in January 2023, Malacañang announced on Saturday. The invitation...

Manila archdiocese urges wearing of face masks inside churches

MANILA – The Archdiocese of Manila will continue to implement the wearing of face masks inside its churches. In Circular 2022-85 signed by Fr. Carmelo Arada Jr....

ASEAN agrees ‘in principle’ to admit Timor-Leste as 11th member

MANILA – Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed “in principle” to admit Timor-Leste as the 11th member-state of the 10-man regional bloc....

PH nearly done implementing Asean-UN strategic measures: PBBM

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has bared that the Philippines is almost finished carrying out the 140 strategic measures included in the 2021-2025 Plan of...