PhilStar: Keep a close watch on rice prices
If rice prices start moving up in the coming weeks, it will be because our officials are still debating on
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Thai authorities downplay Zika risk, worried by tourism impact
Health and city officials in Thailand downplayed risks from rising infections from the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to
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PhilStar: Reawakening of mercy
Not too long ago, Filipinos thronged the streets of Metro Manila and endured stormy weather in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban. They waited
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Vietnam: Stocks, gold react to global tensions
HÀ NỘI – Shares sank further on Friday on the two national exchanges as investors became cautious over escalating global
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MB: Tightest possible security for Bohol ASEAN meetings
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) assured last weekend that it will wipe out the Abu Sayyaf within three
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Housing is more than just structures
President Duterte’s decision to let the homeless Kadamay folk keep the vacant housing units they had taken over in Pandi,
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Bangkok: Trouble-makers, the ugly side of Songkran
Songkran is not always a good time for everyone, and the celebration brought injury and unpleasantness for people in some
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Retirement haven
In this peak travel season, among the foreigners exploring the archipelago will be retirees. A recent report said the Philippines
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Vietnam: Cops to read riot act to New Year revellers
Traffic police will carry around copies of the Lao New Year regulations issued by the government to show to revellers
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PhilStar: Sayyaf in the Visayas
As of last night, five Abu Sayyaf bandits, three soldiers and a policeman had died in heavy fighting in Bohol.
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