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PH, Slovenia forge science-led energy alliance amid global risks
The Philippines and Slovenia are moving to deepen long-term cooperation on energy security, leveraging science, innovation, and stronger public-private-academic linkages to build more resilient...
FIRING LINE | The danger with landfills
By ROBERT B. ROQUE JR. The only reason last Friday’s massive trash-mound collapse at the Rizal Provincial Sanitary Landfill (RPSL) in Rodriguez town feels...
Dutch trade mission eyes new partnerships in semiconductors
Netherlands’ Minister of Trade and Development Aukje de Vries held high-level talks with Philippine officials and business leaders during her two-day visit to Manila,...
Dutch trade minister secures 5 agreements in 2-day visit
Five agreements between Dutch and Filipino government agencies, businesses, and academic institutions were signed during the two-day visit of Netherlands’ Minister of Trade and...
JICA frees ₱3.7B for PH typhoon recovery
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has released the first tranche of its standby disaster financing facility to help the Philippines recover from the...
Disaster risk financing tops PH agenda as ASEAN+3 co-chair
The Philippines has called for the accelerated development of a regional bond market and stronger disaster risk financing mechanisms as it formally assumed its...
Marcos hails Globe-Starlink D2C launch in PH as 1st in Southeast Asia
The Philippines has become the first country in Southeast Asia and the second in Asia to launch satellite-powered Direct-to-Cell (D2C) mobile connectivity, following a...
SSS offers emergency loans to members this December
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced last week (December 18) that the Social Security System (SSS) will offer emergency loans to its members this...
EU sends €800K lifeline to flooded and quake-hit PH
The European Union has released €800,000 (over ₱54 million) in humanitarian aid to help communities in the Philippines recover from recent tropical cyclones and...
Singapore offers sympathy, ₱2.2M quake relief donation
Singapore has expressed solidarity with the Philippines following the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu on September 30, leaving lives lost and widespread damage...