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WASHINGTON, United States — A deep sea exploration company has released a sonar image they say may be the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
HANOI – The Philippines and Vietnam yesterday agreed to boost cooperation between their coast guards and to prevent untoward incidents in the disputed South China Sea in light of Beijing’s continued aggression in one of the world’s most important trade routes.
AROUND 10 million people living in 28 provinces in the Philippines are exposed to schistosomiasis, a neglected parasitic disease, the Department of Health (DoH) said.
THE National Security Council (NSC) yesterday belied a pronouncement of China that it made temporary special arrangements that allowed the Philippines to deliver supplies to troops at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea.
MANILA: The Philippines on Monday denied China had a "temporary special arrangement" with Manila to allow the delivery of supplies to Philippine troops occupying a disputed South China Sea reef, calling it "a figment of imagination". The Chinese coastguard said on Saturday it had temporarily allowed the Philippines to provide food and water to soldiers stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre, a vessel grounded in 1999 at the Second Thomas Shoal, 190 km (118 miles) off Palawan province, to assert Manila's territorial claims.
We don’t have any big scheduled news or events coming directly from the PSE or any of its companies this week, but we do have the US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) decision on US interest rates that we will learn about on Thursday morning. Expectations are that the Fed will do nothing, but all eyes (and ears) are trained on the forward guidance that the Fed will give as part of its discussion of the move. Forbes said that the “markets still see a 40% chance of a rate cut at the subsequent meeting in March.” Reuters wrote about the five signs that a pivot is coming. The Financial Post doesn’t expect cuts in January, but is looking for the Fed to “begin discussing the broad parameters for lowering rates.”
MANILA, Philippines — The water level of Angat Dam dropped to 211.68 meters amid the threat of the El Niño weather phenomenon, according to the state weather bureau.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued seven individuals on Friday after their motorbanca capsized in the vicinity waters off Isla Verde, Roxas, Palawan.