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US funding construction of 2nd Batanes port with eye on Taiwan THE United States is funding a ci- smallest province, which has a stravilian port in Batanes, the country’s tegic significance in the region being located less than 200 kilometers away from Taiwan, Gov. Marilou Cayco said Speaker lauds OCTA over the weekend. WPS nationalism poll Cayco, in an interview during a Philippine Navy event, said officials of the NEWS / A2
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American firms to invest $1b Raimondo: Deals to create training, career jobs for 30m Pinoys By Othel V. Campos
MERICAN firms are set to invest over $1 billion (P56 billion) in Philippine priority sectors, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in an official visit to Manila on Monday.
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“We estimate that these announcements will create training and career opportunities for about 30 million Filipinos,” Raimondo said. “The areas where we are focused align perfectly with President Marcos’ vision, about his interest in higher paying jobs in telecommunications, digitalization, helping small and medium-sized companies to digitize. Next page
TOAST TO US-PH TIES. US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (standing) offers a toast during a luncheon hosted by President Marcos Jr. at the Malacañan Palace
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on Monday. Flanking them are Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin. Raimondo is leading a high-level mission of American business leaders and senior corporate executives to discuss ‘business development incentives and regulatory reforms.’ PPA Pool
PBBM: Deeper DA chief retakes NFA reins after Ombudsman suspends OIC Santos ties sought with Germans, Czech administrator of the National Food Au- officer-in-charge. thority after the Ombudsman suspend“We want to stabilize the situation AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco ed two more executives of the agency, at the NFA following the events of last Tiu Laurel Jr. reassumed his post as including the man he appointed to be week. We want to help NFA employees
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during these challenging times to continue to provide uninterrupted service, especially during this harvest season,” Tiu Laurel said.
‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps board with 7 Oscars
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PRESIDENT Marcos left the Philippines Monday to begin his five-day state visit to Germany and the Czech Republic. In his departure speech at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City, the President said his trip this week would focus on deepening the bilateral relations of the Philippines with the two Central European nations. President Marcos will meet with
HOLLYWOOD —“Oppenheimer” swept the board on Sunday at the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Nolan’s masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer’s massive “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, also bagged acting prizes for lead Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr. Nolan -- a British-American filmmaker hailed as a generational talent
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‘Hiring Rody bares Quiboloy plan to escape raps’ the properties of the Kingdom of Jesus tiveros said Monday. Christ church signals its leader Pastor In a media briefing, Hontiveros noted THE appointment of former President Apollo Quiboloy’s plan to escape and this move bolsters speculation that QuiRodrigo Duterte as administrator of evade prosecution, Senator Risa HonNext page
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#ANONGBALITA Is love lovelier 2nd time around for Bea and Dom?
PBBM gifts Sandro ‘Sex for Lazy People’ book for 30th b-day
UK Palace gets flak for altered image of Princess Catherine
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