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Philippines hope 'meteoric rise' to World Cup is game-changer thumbnail

Philippines hope ‘meteoric rise’ to World Cup is game-changer

MANILA: In a country obsessed with beauty pageants, basketball and boxing, the Philippines women's team hope to ignite interest in football when they make the nation's World Cup debut. Long minnows in the sport, the Philippines have never played at a FIFA World Cup, either the men's or women's. All that will change on Jul
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Philippines trans-fat ban: Policy chiefs issue new guidelines and ban on-pack claims ahead of 2023 changes thumbnail

Philippines trans-fat ban: Policy chiefs issue new guidelines and ban on-pack claims ahead of 2023 changes

It comes after the country launched a bill in 2020​ and the Department of Health issued an administrative order last June under its “National Policy on the Elimination of Industrially-Produced Trans-Fatty Acids for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases”.​This banned industrially-produced TFA from pre-packaged processed food products, with health officials citing the 'alarming global…
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AMH Philippines and Synspective sign MoU for Strategic Alliance to use SAR Data for Geohazard Mitigation Projects in the Philippines thumbnail

AMH Philippines and Synspective sign MoU for Strategic Alliance to use SAR Data for Geohazard Mitigation Projects in the Philippines

(January 25 2022) AMH Philippines, Inc. and Synspective have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use SAR technology as part of an integrated and comprehensive approach to mitigate geohazards for infrastructure in the Philippines. The partnership includes the Land Displacement Monitoring (LDM) service, fully developed and automated by Synspective, and is empowered with AMH’s…
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Is Typhoon Rai in the Philippines a foretaste of the future? thumbnail

Is Typhoon Rai in the Philippines a foretaste of the future?

Le super-typhon Rai a ravagé les Philippines entre le 14 et le 18 décembre dernier, avec des vents qui ont dépassé les 250 km/h et une submersion massive des côtes. Le réchauffement des eaux du Pacifique et l'élévation du niveau des mers pourraient conduire à des phénomènes cycloniques beaucoup plus intenses, à l'image de Rai, d'ici 2050.Cela…
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Philippines to investigate 154 police over deadly drugs war thumbnail

Philippines to investigate 154 police over deadly drugs war

published : 4 Oct 2021 at 21:22 This file photo taken on Oct 3, 2017 shows Nanette Castillo grieving next to the dead body of her son Aldrin, an alleged drug user killed by unidentified assailants, in Manila. (AFP) MANILA: An initial investigation by the Philippine government has found 154 police officers could be criminally…
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Philippines adds 14,286 new COVID-19 cases thumbnail

Philippines adds 14,286 new COVID-19 cases

Philstar.comSeptember 30, 2021 | 4:10pm People wearing face masks and shields to protect themselves against the COVID-19 coronavirus cross a street in Manila on September 7, 2021AFP / Ted Aljibe MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Thursday logged 14,286 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 2,549,966. Active cases: 138,294 or…
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