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CLERMONT-FERRAND, France -- Pole vault star Armand Duplantis broke through six metres for the first time this season on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) but agonisingly just missed out on improving his world record.
LONDON — U.S. President Joe Biden is backing outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as the next secretary general of NATO, a U.S. official said on Thursday, soon after Britain’s Foreign Office said the same.
The Netherlands is top of the class when it comes to comparing pension systems around the world, according to a recent global pensions report from the Mercer CFA Institute.
MANILA, Philippines — Still classified as a “flawed democracy,” the Philippines has scored and ranked lower in the 2023 Democracy Index released by London-based think tank The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Thursday.
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a rollback of freedoms across the globe, the results of a 2023 study point to a “continuing democratic malaise and lack of forward momentum.”
Governor Eli Remolona of the Philippines Central Bank (BSP) has disclosed the central bank’s plans to introduce a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the coming years.
(UPDATE) THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on Thursday suspended the operations of Ocean Jet 6, a passenger ferry, and Hop & Go 1, a water taxi, to allow for the investigation into their collision off Batangas on Wednesday.
THE Philippines and Sweden on Monday discussed the possibility of developing long-term bilateral cooperation amid security issues affecting both countries.