La Trinidad celebrates Strawberry Festival
La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines — The monthlong Strawberry Festival in this town has started.
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Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Niño — UN
GENEVA, Switzerland — The warming El Niño weather phenomenon that peaked in December was one of the five strongest ever recorded, the United Nations said Tuesday, predicting that it would produce above-normal temperatures from now to May.
MREIT declares stable Q4 dividend
MREIT [MREIT 13.36, down 1.3%] [link] declared a Q4/23 dividend of P0.246/share, payable on April 26 to shareholders of record as of March 18. The dividend maintains MREIT’s annualized yield of 7.37%. The total amount of the dividend is P688 million, which is 97% of the P709 million in distributable income that MREIT reported for the quarter. Relative to MREIT's IPO price, the dividend increased MREIT's total stock and dividend return to -1.84%, up from its pre-dividend total return of -3.37%.
Inflation rises 3.4% in February, ending 4-month decline
MANILA, Philippines — The country's inflation rate gained momentum in February 2024 as the costs of food and non-alcoholic beverages surged, ending a four-month decline.
Obiena hits snag, finishes 9th at worlds
MANILA, Philippines -- After back-to-back gold medal finishes in indoor events, Filipino olympian EJ Obiena struggled in the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Germany accuses Putin of seeking to 'destabilize' with wiretap
BERLIN, Germany — Germany on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German army discussion on the Ukraine war, at a time when Berlin is under pressure to supply the Taurus missile to Kyiv.
Press Release - Villar wants to reduce dependence on imported pork
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar is upbeat that hog producers' link and network with institutional markets such as restaurants and hotels will lessen their dependence on imported pork.