BUSINESS | MANILA- Typhoon Doksuri (“Egay”) causes nearly PHP3 billion worth of agricultural damages in the Philippines
Photo from an aerial survey of the provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan on Sunday, 30 July.
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OP ED OPINION | ACADEMIA- Public diplomacy through social media brings ASEAN closer to its people
Say cheese!: Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (left) takes a selfie with journalists during a visit to the media center
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ASEAN EDU- Association of Filipino Educators (AFE) | BRUNEI- Filipino ambassador leads oath-taking- 2023-2025 Executive Committee Officers of AFE
AFE committee members during the oath-taking ceremony. PHOTO: AFE . . Ambassador of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam Marian Jocelyn
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OBITUARY-PEOPLE-MUSIC | Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96
Winner of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Tony Bennett poses with his trophies at
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ASEAN EDUCATION | Myanmar’s education system in ‘crisis’
PHOTO: ENVATO . . ANN/THE STAR – After violence erupted in Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup, most
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ASEAN | ChatGPT: How ASEAN’s startups and VCs can harness AI as a superpower
An illustration of venture capital funding. (Shutterstock/Panchenko Vladimir) . . . Even though the cradle of generative Artificial intelligence (AI)
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56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting | JAKARTA- Geopolitical rivalries on show as ASEAN hosts annual security gathering
President Joko Widodo greets Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the Courtesy Call at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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COURTS & CRIME | WASHINGTON- 30 years in prison for US man who exploited Filipino girls
Pix for representational purpose only/AFPPix . . WASHINGTON: A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for
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LIFE+STYLE | SINGAPORE- How to care for the elderly without their caregivers burning out
There are lessons to be drawn from the way other nations have devised systems to care for their older citizens
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LIFE+STYLE | SINGAPORE- Can we rely on foreign maids alone for eldercare?
Many options, suiting different budgets, have sprung up to help families care for the elderly. With 1.4 million households, roughly
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