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Cebu’s well-loved Lantaw restaurant stays afloat despite challenges

Businesses took a big hit because of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the food and beverage industry in the country. In Cebu, just when businesses...

Tolentino says local holidays will fuel national economic growth

Local holidays will play a key role in reviving and bolstering the country’s economic growth, three years after it was badly hit by the...

Optimistic Biden to try to lift US via State of Union speech

Washington—An optimistic President Joe Biden will seek to lift an often-unenthusiastic nation Tuesday with a State of the Union address showcasing his efforts to...

CCP back in action

After a two-year absence due to the COVID pandemic, the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City returns on Feb. 4 with its...

Pharma firm releases new Access to Medicines report

Biopharmaceutical leader Takeda recently released its Access to Medicines Progress Report 2022, highlighting the company’s efforts in broadening access to life-changing medicines and vaccines,...

Big tech gloomhits earnings of Google and Apple

San Francisco, United States—Google and Apple on Thursday reported downbeat results for the last quarter of 2022 as Amazon beat expectations but warned that...

US extends tariff relief for 81 Chinese medical products

Washington—The United States will temporarily extend tariff exemptions for some medical products from China, while it seeks public comment on whether such relief should...

HK economy shrank 3.5% on exports plunge, COVID impact

HONG KONG, China—Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 3.5 percent in 2022, with exports plunging and the city’s worst-ever coronavirus outbreak battering businesses, the government...

COVID crisis ends, worst over

PBBM drops calamity state but orders DOH to pay frontliners’ allowance President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will no longer extend the state of calamity that expired...

White House says US COVID emergency status to end May 11

The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as the COVID-19 pandemic took grip three years ago will...

ADB lending $500m to help PH address impact of pandemic

The Asian Development Bank said Thursday it approved a $500-million (about P27 billion) policy-based loan to help the Philippine government address the impact of...

Agencies sign agreement on open spaces

The Department of Health (DOH), and other government agencies, signed a policy Monday  providing  guidance on the use and creation of healthy public open...

Tulfo backs Magna Carta for barangay workers

Senator Raffy Tulfo is pushing anew for government to properly compensate barangay tanods and other barangay officials. In his proposed Senate Bill (SB) No. 1696...

Race on in NZ to replace PM Jacinda Ardern

Wellington—Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation sparked a push on Friday for New Zealand to choose its first Maori prime minister, as a small pack of...
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