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Influx of substandard rebars discovered in Mindanao

MANILA: Recent test-buy operations by the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) showed substandard reinforcement bars (rebars) are still flooding Mindanao.

In a news release over the weekend, PISI said it purchased random rebars from hardware st…

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NA Chairman meets Chinese Premier

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Asembly Tran Thanh Man met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Hanoi on October 13. The Chinese Premier is on a three-day official Vietnam visit, the first by himself in his new position, and the first by a Chinese Pre…