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Bill seeks to protect farmers from usurers
Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte filed a bill intended to institutionalize accepted interest rates on the loans of...
World leaders meet to salvage pledge to lift poorest nations
UNITED NATIONS, United States —World leaders meet Monday at the United Nations in a bid to salvage ambitious promises to...
Chinese property firm Evergrande’s shares dip on employees’ arrest
HONG KONG, China—Shares in Chinese property giant Evergrande plunged by around 25 percent as markets opened in Hong Kong on...
AgriNuture completes re-acquisition of Australian unit
AgriNuture Inc. said Monday it completed the re-acquisition of an Australian fruit and vegetable firm after five years of negotiations....
Filipino firms asked to join zero carbon alliance
The Net Zero Carbon Alliance on Monday asked private Filipino companies and businesses to join the movement and work together...
Overseas trips yield billions in investment pledges—Diokno
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Monday the Philippine economic briefings, investor roadshows and international dialogs resulted in billions worth of...
Filipinos asked to use PhilID in financial transactions
The Philippine Statistics Authority encouraged Filipinos to take advantage of the benefits of being registered to the Philippine Identification System...
KFC celebrates Colonel Sanders’ birthday with ‘Bucket List Buckets’
Celebrate Colonel Sanders’ birthday with KFC’s “Bucket List Buckets”. Buy a KFC Bucket and submit your Bucket List at www.kfcbucketlist.com...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.