[ad_1] The Philippines is now coordinating with several countries for the continuation of negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. At the briefing on the 2021 budget of 21.9 billion pesos for the …
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[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the education system to take advantage of the virtual world, noting the high risk that students will get sick if they go to school and attend their classes. Some schools started their online classes as early as last June, while other colleges started last …
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[ad_1] Gilas Pilipinas Program Director Tab Baldwin is taking a wait-and-see approach to the bubble that FIBA has ordered for the next two windows of the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers. “It is too early to make any definitive statements on what it will be. But overall, I am pleased …
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[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 21) – There is no need to file diplomatic protests against countries that do not have an active conflict with the Philippines over the South China Sea, the foreign secretary said. Foreign Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. told lawmakers at a House budget …
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[ad_1] Another lawyer with experience in information technology (IT) joined the ranks of the Electoral Commission (Comelec) as one of its commissioners. In a press release issued Monday, Comelec President Sheriff M. Abas praised the nomination of Michael Braganza Peloton to become one of its commissioners, replacing Comelec Commissioner Luie …
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[ad_1] SpaceX launched a space shuttle on May 30, 2020. Image: AFP / HO / NASA / Roscosmos via AFP Relaxnews Reality TV is definitely an interstellar trend! Following the surprise announcement last week of the finale of the star reality TV show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” a new …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the Philippines will not comply with China’s insistence to keep Western powers, including the United States, out of the South China Sea. “China’s demand to exclude western powers from the South China Sea, which I will never allow,” Locsin said …
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[ad_1] The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Teodoro Locsin Jr. (center), delivers his intervention during the 53rd Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers, held on September 9, 2020. Photo courtesy of DFA MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has again reiterated the importance of adhering to international law by pushing …
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[ad_1] MANILA – The peso started the week sideways against the US dollar, while the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) barely moved in part due to the tension between the United States and China and the resurgence of cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Europe. The peso closed …
Read More »[ad_1] The country now officially has its fourth player in the telecommunications industry. This was after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) finally issued NOW Telecom Company, Inc. on September 14 the lengthy extension of its provisional authority (PA) to install, operate and maintain a national mobile telecommunications system. The authority …
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