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New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Amar Sadhuram Mulchandani, former Chairman of Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank on July 1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank fraud case, the agency said on Wednesday. According to the agency, a Mumbai court has granted his custody for six days -- till Friday or July 7. The arrest is made in connecti

HANOI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam earned 2.3 billion U.S. dollars from exporting 4.2 million tons of rice in the first half of this year, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Its largest rice importers include the Philippines and China, according to the ministry.

Vietnam will export more rice to the Philippines, which could have its domestic food pro

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED killings easily grab headlines. In the Philippines, these have been disturbingly frequent. The assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo - so far one of the biggest stories in 2023 — proves this. While the coverage of the killing

CHEERS TO some media for marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month with critical and informative coverage. These news organizations kept the LGBTQ+ community and its rights on the agenda, with reports on the SOGIESC Equality Bill and the future of LGBTQ+ rights in the Philippines.

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A common thread among most reports on LGBTQ+ issues in the country is the SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gende

The currency has been used as an instrument of Western hegemony, according to President Ebrahim Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the US dollar to be abandoned in global trade to reduce reliance on the Western financial system.

Addressing a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizat

DR. PAUL Alanis, Mayon's resident volcanologist, compared Mayon Volcano's condition to a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU): "not deteriorating but still abnormal." An unfortunate metaphor, as the volcanic activity for a volcano is in its nature. When co

ANOTHER CHAPTER looms in the on-again off-again peace talks between the government and communist insurgents. Given the long history of peace negotiations, journalists should provide background and context to reports of current developments.

On June 8, newly appointed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said i

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This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Philippine National Police

AFP intelligence has led to 16 children in the Philippines being removed from harm by the Philippine National Police (PNP), believed to be the most child abuse

MANILA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The literacy rate in the Philippines increased to 97 percent, improved by 1.2 percentage point in the last five years, according to the data released Tuesday by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Citing the survey results of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, the PSA said among 97.6 million Filipinos above five years old, 94.6 million were literate, or can read and write a

MANILA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Some 56.1 percent of more than 26 million households in total in the Philippines have internet access, showed a survey released Tuesday by the Philippine Statistics Agency.

The agency data showed that Metro Manila has the highest proportion of households with internet access at 74.6 percent, while the Zamboanga Peninsula, a region in the south, has the lowest rate at 28.5 percent.

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MANILA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines slowed further to 5.4 percent in June 2023 from 6.1 percent in May due to lower food and transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday.

"This is the fifth consecutive month of deceleration in the headline inflation and the lowest in the past 13 months," PSA head Dennis Mapa told a news conference.

The PSA d

This week, Burundian authorities once again displayed their contempt for human rights by

 

 

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Oras de Peligro, which prominently featured the historical narrative of the four-day peaceful EDSA revolution, was the result of a collaboration between acclaimed director Joel Lamangan ("The Flor Contemplacion Story"), 1Sambayan celebrities-turned-producers Atty. Howie Calleja and Alvi Siongco, who also played a police officer in the film. The script was written b

The regulatory body for deep sea mining is under pressure to accept mining applications, but what are the risks?

 

The clock is ticking for the International Seabed Authority, the regulatory body for deep sea mining, which w

Projects tackling food waste are getting a big boost from the Government.

"Every year, we waste enough food to feed more than the populations of Dunedin and Hamilton combined," Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking said in Dunedin today.

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(Beirut) - The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have arbitrarily arrested and summarily deported thousands of Syrians, including unaccompanied children, to Syria between April and May 2023, Human Rights Watch said today.

Deported Syrians said the LAF gave no consideration to their refugee status

Distance did not become a hindrance for members of the NUJP (National Union of Journalists of the Philippines) North America chapter to soldier on and fight for press freedom on this side of the planet, the group now reaching its first-year anniversary milestone.

On June 30, 2022 (July 1 Philippine time), twelve journalists and media workers from the United States and Canada joined the formation of NUJP-North Ame

 

The Government is ensuring our regions are prepared to maximise the opportunities and manage any negative impacts as tourists flock back to Aotearoa New Zealand, by setting up a national destination management team, Tourism Minister Peeni Henare said today. 

 

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Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the necessity of robust social protection programs, and Jordan is no exception.

In 2019, Jordanian authorities introduced the Unified Cash Transfer Program (formerly Takaful) to supplement