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GENEVA, Switzerland — More children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday.
Jollibee [JFC 260.00, down 1.5%] [link] announced its plan to sell an additional 5 million to 8 million preferred shares at P1000/share, in a follow-on offering to raise between P5 billion and P8 billion. The preferred shares will be offered as a 2nd tranche of its existing shelf registration for 20 million preferred shares; JFC sold 12 million shares under its first tranche (Series A and Series B) back in 2021. JFC said that it would use the money raised to “maintain strong capital structure, robust leverage position, and optimize liquidity” by “managing maturities of financial obligations.”
WASHINGTON, United States — Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms on Tuesday with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads locked out of their accounts.
MANILA, Philippines — The country faces a decline in fisheries production amid a study conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies that China has destroyed at least 21,000 acres of coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), an expert from the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) warned yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — The country faces a decline in fisheries production amid reports that China has destroyed at least 21,000 acres of coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), an expert from the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) warned yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Actress Liza Soberano revealed that she created her Twitter account because of the late actor AJ Perez.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has regained control of its account on X that was taken down yesterday, its profile and posts apparently wiped out since early morning.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has joined calls for prayer for the speedy recovery of King Charles, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.