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Industries

Bidding for Semirara coal mine contract opens Feb. 27

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to welcome new coal operators as it would open the bidding for three areas with confirmed reserves, including those covered by...

Finance

PruLife rolls out short-pay insurance plan

MANILA, Philippines — Pru Life UK has launched a new investment-linked insurance plan that allows policyholders to complete premium payments in just two years. The plan provides life and disability...

Consumer & Retail

Retail prices of rice lower in early February, says PSA

Retail prices of rice lower in early February, says PSA

MANILA, Philippines — The average retail price of rice decreased in early February, even as farm-gate prices for palay or unmilled rice steadily increased. According…

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Tourism & Transportation

Cebu Pacific passengers up 6.2% to 2.7M in January

MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Pacific recorded a 6.2-percent increase in passenger traffic in January, with holiday travel demand spilling over into the start of the…

Foreign News

EU-PH free trade talks gain traction, but unlikely to end in March

MANILA, Philippines — The European Union (EU) said negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines were advancing at an unusually fast pace…

Economy

WTO chief urges China to shift on trade surplus

MUNICH, Germany — The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday urged China to change its growth model, arguing that its soaring trade surplus was…

Communications

All in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next

BEIJING, China — After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player…

Industry Movements

All in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next

BEIJING, China — After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player…

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