HEADLINE: MANILA- Economy at its worst in 2020 – NEDA chief unfazed by 9.5% GDP fall, sees ‘encouraging’ moves
. . The economy shrank a record 9.5 percent last year, official data showed Thursday, after coronavirus measures devastated the
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ASEAN EDITORIALS: A bottled-up economy
EDITOR-Luk Sin Manila Standard . Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing @[email protected] SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT Is Gadong an industrial
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US VISA-IMMIGRATION- WASHINGTON- Biden revives H-2B visa for working Pinoys
US President Joseph Biden revived a policy allowing foreigners to work in America. “This is definitely a positive signal from
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BUSINESS: INTERNET-BROAD BAND- Thailand tops internet speed testing
. . . Thailand climbed two places to the top spot out of 176 countries in fixed broadband internet speed
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PRES. JR BIDEN JR 100DAYS/DAYS 4: HEADLINE MANILA- Confirmed: Bato’s US visa voided
Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa . . Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa got an unwanted gift on his 58th birthday:
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SCI-TECH: BEKENG/PHNOM PENH- Water treatment facility construction to start
. SANITARY ENGINEER A water treatment facility in Bakeng, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, will break ground for construction
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HEADLINE: DU30’S CORRUPTION- MANILA- Philippine Senate probe foils vaccine overpricing
VACCINE PRODUCTION A worker inspects a batch of vaccines produced at a Beijing factory built by Sinovac, one of 11
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LETTER TO EDITOR: VIET NAM- Tolls on cars are not the answer to traffic jams
LETTERS Last week, Việt Nam News asked readers about plans to levy a toll of VNĐ40,000-50,000 (US$1.7-2.2) from cars entering major cities in a move
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COVID-19 VACCINES-SINOBRAND?: Philippines says China to donate half a million Covid-19 vaccines
. The Philippine foreign affairs secretary was told by his Chinese counterpart that China would donate half a million vaccines,
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HEADLINE: COVID-19 VACCINE- MANILA- Senators question government preference for Sinovac
At the resumption of the inquiry of the Senate committee of the whole, senators took turns in grilling Health Secretary
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