
Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion rail link to China
[Inquirer.net] - 02/19/2025
Hanoi, Vietnam — Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved plans for an $8 billion rail link from its largest northern port city to the border with China, boosting links between the two communist-ruled countries and making trade easier. Construction of the railway was backed in a vote by 95 (…)
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Boracay Island: Tourism fees under review to boost foreign arrivals
ILOILO CITY – Tourism-related fees in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, are currently under review to ensure (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
NATO to expand military pipelines in Eastern Europe Spiegel
The bloc supposedly plans to extend pipelines from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic for rapid jet fuel (…)
[Philippine Times] - 22/02/2025
Bernaldez’s streak ends as Sandoval scores 4th Rd. KO
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipino road warrior Mark “Machete” Bernaldez’s bid to extend his winning streak ended (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
PH, US mark 80th anniversary of Liberation of Manila
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and the United States on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 22/02/2025
Suspected Filipino trafficking victims intercepted in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand – A suspected Filipino human trafficking victim (HTV) who posed as a tourist bound for Myanmar was (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
Senate chief pressed to start VP Duterte’s trial
MANILA, Philippines — Pressure continued to mount for Senate President Francis Escudero to follow the 1987 (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 22/02/2025
Pope Francis, in critical condition, had a peaceful night – Vatican
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
Stolen card used to buy $523,000 lottery ticket, victim wants share of pot
PARIS — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
Gilas suffers yet another slow start, falls to Tall Blacks in no-bearing game
By REYNALD MAGALLON Gilas Pilipinas showed a much better fight in the second half of a no-bearing game but the flat (…)
[Tempo] - 23/02/2025
‘My Love Will Make You Disappear’ to premiere worldwide
Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino’s “My Love Will Make You Disappear,” which marks their first film as an onscreen pairing, (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 23/02/2025
LTFRB-7 cracks down on ’23-D PUJs’ from Lapu to Cebu City for route violations
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Commuters traveling from Cebu City to Lapu-Lapu City will now have to prepare earlier than (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 23/02/2025