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Comelec to sign 2025 AES contract with Sokor’s Miru Systems
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the South Korean firm Miru Systems will sign Monday the joint venture contact for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) project or the 2025 automated election system (AES) worth P18 billion. The AES service contract signing will be held at the Palacio del Gobernador headquarters of the poll body in Intramuros, Manila. The Comelec has expressed gratitude to Miru Systems Co Ltd, Integrated…
SC: Gov’t can take over private oil firms during emergency
The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the validity of a law enacted in 1998 allowing the government to take control of private entities engaged in the oil industry during emergencies, as directed by the President. In its 37-page decision published online Tuesday, the SC reversed a 2013 Court of Appeals (CA) decision and said the…
PH, Korea eye higher level of engagement as ties reach 75
DIPLOMATIC TIES. The Philippine Monument in Gyeonggi province built by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense in October 1974 to remember the Filipinos who fought to defend the security and freedom of the Republic of Korea. The Philippines and South Korea mark 75 years of diplomatic relations formally established on March 3, 1949. (PNA photo…
US, PH partner to send Burmese youth to college
MANILA – The United States and the Philippines have partnered to provide Burmese youth with the opportunity to pursue quality higher education through a five-year initiative being funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The US Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said the Philippines was selected as one of the Asian countries where these…
PH orders Chinese vessels to leave Ayungin ‘immediately’
MANILA – The Philippine government demanded that China remove “immediately” its vessels from the vicinity of Ayungin Shoal after protesting the dangerous maneuvers of the China Coast Guard (CCG) that caused minor damage and injuries to a Filipino resupply mission en on Tuesday morning. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) summoned on Tuesday afternoon Chinese Deputy…
India-PH Tech Summit to boost economic, economic partnership
The Embassy of India in Manila has launched the first India-Philippine Tech Summit (IPTS) designed to help boost the economic and strategic partnership between the two countries through the use of digital technology. In his speech during the IPTS launch at Shangri-La The Fort in Taguig City, Indian Ambassador to Manila Shambhu Kumaran cited the need for developing countries to develop partnerships among…
Canada opens first Indo-Pacific agri office in Manila
REGIONAL AGRI OFFICE. Canadian Minister for Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay gives his remarks during the symbolic opening ceremony of the Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office on Wednesday (Feb. 21, 2024). With the IPAAO opening, MacAulay is confident Canada’s annual agriculture and agri-food export worth over CAD22.8 billion (PHP943.19 billion) to the region would further grow. (PNA photo by…
Liberalization of foreign investments in rice, corn sector sought
MANILA – Officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Board of Investments (BOI) and economists on Wednesday expressed support for the liberalization of foreign investments in the rice and corn industry to boost food production, increase farmers’ income, and foster greater competition to benefit consumers. At a roundtable discussion at the House of Representatives on…
US optimistic Quiboloy will shortly ‘face justice’ for crimes
The United States Embassy in Manila has expressed confidence the embattled Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy will shortly “face justice” amid the various charges hurled against him before a US court. The embassy issued the statement following Quiboloy’s claim that the US and the Marcos administration are out to get him through “rendition”. Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay…
DA seeks liberalization of foreign investments in rice, corn sector
Econokmists and officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Board of Investments (BOI) have expressed support for the liberalization of foreign investments in the rice and corn industry to boost food production, increase farmers’ income, and foster greater competition to benefit consumers. At a recent House roundtable discussion on bills seeking to increase investments in the rice and corn…