Finnish envoy thanks Marcos for reopening PH embassy in Helsinki

MANILA: Outgoing Finnish Ambassador Juha Markus Pyykkö on Monday thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for reopening the Philippine embassy in Helsinki, Finland this year. In his farewell call to the President in Malacañang, Pyykkö expressed elat...
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Tourism to become truly spearhead, green industry by 2030

Vietnam aims to turn tourism into a truly spearhead economic sector with green growth and world leading development capacity by 2030. This is part of a master plan on the tourism system for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2045 recently approve...
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Palestinian deputy labor minister killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

GAZA CITY: Palestinian Deputy Labor Minister Ihab al-Ghussein was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday, local authorities said. Gaza's government media office said al-Ghussein was killed along with a group of Palestinians after he wa...
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Pangasinan allots P200-M for town’s community projects

SAN NICOLAS: The provincial government of Pangasinan is allocating an initial PHP200 million for development projects in Barangay Malico in this town, one of the province's four focus areas for tourism. The province has declared the mountainous villa...
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Navarro upsets women’s No. 2 seed Gauff in 4th round at Wimbledon

ANKARA: US player and No. 19 seed Emma Navarro upset No. 2 seed Coco Gauff in a Wimbledon women's singles 4th round match on Sunday. The 23-year-old eliminated her compatriot in straight sets of 6-4 6-3. "Really grateful to be out here on Centre Cou...
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SC clears Ted Failon in Stradcom contempt raps

MANILA: The Supreme Court has dismissed the indirect contempt charges filed by Stradcom Corporation against broadcaster Ted Failon. Stradcom had asked the SC to cite Failon (Mario Teodoro Etong in real life) in indirect contempt for statements made i...
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Person of interest in killing of pageant candidate, fiancé yields

MANILA: The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Sunday announced another breakthrough in the investigation on the killing of beauty pageant candidate Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend with the surrender of one of the persons of i...
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Plenty of room for Hung Yen to thrive: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony in Hung Yen on July 7 to announce the northern province's master plan in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050 and promote investment in the locality. Addressing the event, Chinh highly valued t...
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1st PVL rookie draft set for Reinforced Conference

MANILA: The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) will hold its first rookie draft at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City on Monday. ZUS Coffee (formerly Strong Group) has the first pick among the 47 players hoping to join any of the 12 teams...
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