'NCR suffering from water scarcity'
THE National Capital Region (NCR) and its two neighboring regions of Central Luzon and Calabarzon are in «absolute clean water scarcity» by United Nations standards, an expert said Friday.
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Fight against TB back on track after Covid disruptions — WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland — Deaths from tuberculosis dipped last year amid a dramatic increase in diagnosis and treatment of the world's second deadliest disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Naomi Osaka to make eagerly awaited comeback in Brisbane
SYDNEY – Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will make her eagerly anticipated return to tennis at the Brisbane International in Australia, organizers said on Friday.
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1. San Miguel [SMC 103.00 unch; 43% avgVol] [link] gave notice that its follow-on offering (FOO) of preferred shares was approved by the PSE. SMC will sell 666,666,700 preferred shares, split into three classes (SMC2L, SMC2N, SMC2O), at a price of P75.00/share. The offer period will start today and run through to November 21, with a tentative listing date scheduled for December 1. This is the first tranche of the ?65 billion shelf registration that the SMC board authorized in September. SMC also announced the initial dividend yields for the subseries of this offering: SMC2L (7.9145%), SMC2N (8.3466%), SMC2O (8.5936%).
Hybrid rice doubles harvest, income of Mindoro farmers – Presidential Communications Office
A group of farmers in Oriental Mindoro is celebrating a significant increase in their harvests and income with the help of hybrid rice cultivation.
Energy regulator cuts NGCP's allowable revenues for 2016-2020
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 9) —The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) slashed the proposed total allowable revenues of the National Grid Corporation in the Philippines (NGCP) by more than half — from ₱387.8 billion to ₱183.4 billion — for the years covering 2016 to 2020.
546 ARBS receive their CLOA titles from DAR Region II
Agrarian Secretary Bernie F. Cruz led the ceremonial turnover of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to a total of 546 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Cagayan that covered a total of 560.1862 hectares of land in the province held at the Multi- Purpose Gymnasium, Lallo, Cagayan.