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Japan sees China's military moves as biggest strategic challenge
Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from around its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves as the biggest strategic challenge.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos wants to secure ample electricity supply beyond 2028
President Marcos wants to ensure that there will be stable power supply in the country until his term and even beyond.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
You have revealed them to the childlike
There are many differences between childish and childlike attitudes. “Childish” behavior is seen in an adult who acts annoyingly and immaturely, incommensurate with his or her age, with self-centered, petulant, irresponsible, and reckless conduct.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
Barnes untouchable; Tamayo triumphs
Jamie Barnes proved once again that he's the undisputed player to beat in his division, shrugging off pressure and early miscues to fire a 70 and capture a fourth straight title in the boys' 7-10 category of the ICTSI Apo Golf Junior PGT Championship here on Tuesday, July 15.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
ROS signs Pringle
Rain or Shine added a veteran presence to its backcourt after signing free agent Stanley Pringle to a two-year deal, the team announced Tuesday, July 15.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos approves P6.793-T budget proposal for 2026
“Under the Marcos administration, the welfare of every individual and the future of the Filipino people are of utmost importance in building a more progressive and prosperous ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ (New Philippines),” Castro said.
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July 16 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH Resorts to erase debt, no new investor needed
PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc., the integrated resorts unit of Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy’s holding company Udenna Corporation, assured the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it can wipe out its negative stockholders’ equity with the conversion of shareholders’ advances to common shares.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Global jitters lower gov't borrowing costs
The Marcos administration has borrowed P28.4 billion from domestic creditors through the sale of short-term debt on Monday, July 14—surpassing its target for a second straight week as investor demand strengthened amid lower borrowing costs due to heightened tariff-led global economic uncertainty.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Labor board allows wage relief option for Metro Manila micro firms
Microenterprises in Metro Manila may apply for exemption from the new minimum wage increase, subject to conditions set by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Forensics in the spotlight again
Once more, we are being treated to another spectacle, this time of the search for the cockfight aficionados (sabungeros) allegedly abducted and disappeared some years ago, who, according to an informant, were killed and dumped into Taal Lake.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
'One Big Beautiful Bill PH'
Business group urges Marcos to champion own version of Trump's sweeping legislation
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Asialink to aid women business
With only four percent of the total women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) having access to formal financing, Manila-based Asialink Finance Corporation (AFC) has launched its fresh loan product to plug this gap.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
SEC 'deemed approved' rule kicks in
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is enforcing strict timelines for its processing of substantially all types of applications, with a “deemed approved” policy for requests left unattended beyond the prescribed period.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
ERC chief resigns amid Marcos admin 'reboot'
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta has reportedly submitted her resignation and she announced it to the employees during this week’s flag raising ceremony, several insider-sources have confirmed.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Goldman Sachs stays bullish on PH equities
Not even the higher tariff that the United States (US) plans to impose on Philippine goods would dampen the local equity market, thanks to strong domestic macroeconomic fundamentals, according to global investment banking giant Goldman Sachs.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
All about the vibe
It's all about the vibe this week as we dig into new releases from The Juans and Janine Berdin, to Ben & Ben, Hey It's Je, and more!
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos optimistic about new PCO leadership
President Marcos believes that the new communications secretary, his fifth under his term, would be able to accurately and clearly send the government’s message to the public.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Duterte camp reviewing 'immense amount of evidence' for ICC trial
The camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte is reviewing the “immense amount of evidence” on his crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in preparation for the confirmation hearing in September, his lead counsel said.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Coach Chot on SMB rally: 'We expected it
TNT head coach Chot Reyes was under no illusion that the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup Finals against San Miguel would become a cakewalk and that was exactly what transpired in Game 1 on Sunday, July 13.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Fourth suspect in Coquilla rob-slay falls
Police have arrested the fourth and final suspect in the murder of University of the Philippines Manila student Sophia Coquilla in Tagum City on Saturday.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
How did Filipinos end up stranded in mobility woes?
In the early 80s, travelling from Caloocan City to Legaspi Village in Makati would usually take me about 30 minutes by bus through EDSA. By the mid-90s, the volume of vehicle traffic was beginning to outpace the capacity of this main artery. The start of the MRT-3 construction, although causing more congestion, came as a welcome relief for most, in the hope that people would not have to use cars to get to their workplaces.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
PDS deal boosts PSE profits in H1
The acquisition of over 90 percent of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation (PDSHC) has boosted the net income of the Philippine Stock Exchange by 25 percent, P495.7 million for the first six months of 2025 from P398 million in the same period last year.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Davao talents bounce back
After settling for one victory at South Pacific, Davao's young golfers stormed back strong at Apo Golf and Country Club, with homegrown talents either seizing control or moving into contention in all but one of the six categories after the opening round of the ICTSI Apo Golf Junior PGT Championship here Monday, July 14.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
A nation addicted: The scourge of gambling
That “we are doomed — unless we wake up,” as Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David had warned, should be enough to jolt us into deep reflection on how come it has been easier to foster gambling addiction than to build a society with dignity and moral clarity.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Unfitting end to a 'nice game'
SMB coach disappointed as PBA stands firm on late-game decision
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Superman' and DC Studios fly to $122 million opening
In a bid to kick off a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s “Superman” opened with $122 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Trump to meet NATO secretary-general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
23rd Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day celebrates shared history and culture
Under the theme “Lasting Friendship,” a series of events were held to celebrate the 23rd Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day, led by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and the Embassy of Spain, in partnership with the municipal government of Baler, Aurora, the Department of Education (DepEd), and the National Museum of the Philippines.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
Anne Curtis: 'It's time to have a series about mental health'
Anne Curtis has admitted that it took her a while to agree to the project 'It's Okay To Not Be Okay,' explaining that she hadn't been acting for a while.
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July 15 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH, Japan sign pact for enhanced earthquake, tsunami resilience
The Philippines and Japan have forged an agreement that would further strengthen both countries' disaster resilience in Greater Metro Manila area, particularly in dealing with earthquakes and tsunamis.
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