UN agency calls for all countries to rid foods of trans fat

AP 05/20/2018

NEW YORK—The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. The United Nations agency has, in the past, pushed to exterminate infectious diseases, but…

Razon: Countries with best infrastructure are dictatorships

Inquirer.net 11/13/2017

ONE of the country’s richest Filipinos said that infrastructure development and democracy cannot go hand in hand, hinting that there might be a benefit in being ran by a dictator. International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) chairman…

The Asean way

Radel Paredes 11/11/2017

In 1967, five countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, founded an organization called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). This was in the wake of the American involvement in the war in Vietnam…

39 countries urge PH to end drug killings

Inquirer 09/30/2017

  The United States, Canada and Australia, three of the Philippines’ major trading partners and political allies, have joined 36 other nations in mounting international pressure on Manila to end the killings and the growing culture of…

Terror threats

Editorial 06/05/2017

While the Resorts World Manila attack may not be terrorist violence, last Saturday’s attacks at London Bridge that killed six people and three assailants have alarmed citizens around the world and gave governments pause to ponder on…

A Vatican City in a day

Adam Brown 04/07/2017

THERE are a handful of countries around the world that are comprised of a single city: Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, and Monaco come to mind. The technical term is a microstate, and one that my wife…

Finance ministers tackle cooperation among ASEAN countries

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/07/2017

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu–Finance ministers and central bank governors from ASEAN member-states on Friday discussed strategies to build on gains achieved in previous years toward regional financial integration by 2025. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco…

Migrants ‘invade’ Spanish border

AP 02/18/2017

MADRID — Almost 500 migrants forced their way into Spanish territory in North Africa early Friday by breaking through gates in the six-meter high fence that separates Morocco from Spain’s Ceuta enclave. The Ceuta regional government gave…

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