El Salvador's Congress approves end to ban on metals mining
[Inquirer.net] - 12/24/2024
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s Congress approved Monday a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals. The law, proposed by President Nayib Bukele and passed on a 57 to 3 vote, would allow mining everywhere except nature reserves and sensitive watersheds. (…)
In Philippine newspapers
A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
31 injured in bus-car crash in Philippines
MANILA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-one people, including elderly women and children, were injured on Tuesday morning (…)
[Philippine Times] - 24/12/2024
Ambush kills 3 soldiers in Philippines
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[Philippine Times] - 24/12/2024
The chilly breeze that arrived last weekend signified the last stretch of what is considered the longest Christmas (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
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[Cebu Daily Mail] - 24/12/2024
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[Inquirer.net] - 24/12/2024
