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[Title] => Delay in ASEAN power grid could cost region $2.6B/year
[Summary] => Southeast Asia risks losing billions of dollars in economic value if it fails to deliver a regional electricity network on schedule, as rising power demand and volatile fossil fuel prices intensify pressure on governments to strengthen cross-border energy trade.
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[Title] => What are the politicians doing about Cebu's poverty incidence?
[Summary] => How can our political leaders brag about Cebu as the richest province in the whole country when the poverty incidence among our people is one of the highest in Asia and the Pacific?
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[Title] => Francis Lim at SEC
[Summary] => There is a new man at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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[Title] => Asia Rose Simpson ends Miss World 2026 bid in Top 12; Dominican Republic wins
[Summary] => The Philippines will have to wait for another year, as the country’s bet, Asia Rose Simpson, ended her journey in the Top 12 of Miss World 2026, after the coronation night held Saturday in Vietnam.
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[Title] => 10 songs to compete for Philippines’ Eurovision Asia 2026 entry
[Summary] => Ten songs will compete to become the Philippines’ official entry to the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026, with the entries set to be released on music streaming platforms on Monday, August 17.
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[Title] => Faith vs therapy: Inside the Philippine school for exorcists
[Summary] => Asia's only dedicated exorcism center -- designed to train not only Philippine priests but clergy from across the region -- sits just off a busy thoroughfare in Metro Manila.
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[Title] => The future of Asia and the Pacific depends on whether young people have reason to hope
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[AuthorName] => Aleksandar Bodiroza
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[Title] => Asia's vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics
[Summary] => Food vendors across Asia who rely on plastics for everything from bags to cups and containers are grappling with their rising costs, the result of the energy crisis sparked by the Middle East war.
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[AuthorName] => Joy Chiang
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[Title] => Exciting aquathlon race set in Argao
[Summary] => Everything is already in place for the Adlaw sa Kublan-Argao Aquathlon slated on September 20 in the municipality of Argao in southern Cebu.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Seafarers’ $40 billion remittances shield Phl economy from global shocks
[Summary] => The Philippines’ position as the world’s largest supplier of maritime labor is helping shield the economy from mounting global uncertainty, with Filipino seafarers continuing to generate billions of dollars in remittances and sustain household spending despite geopolitical tensions and slowing growth in key markets.
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[Title] => Asia Rose Simpson ends Miss World 2026 bid in Top 12; Dominican Republic wins
[Summary] => The Philippines will have to wait for another year, as the country’s bet, Asia Rose Simpson, ended her journey in the Top 12 of Miss World 2026, after the coronation night held Saturday in Vietnam.
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[Title] => 10 songs to compete for Philippines’ Eurovision Asia 2026 entry
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[Title] => Faith vs therapy: Inside the Philippine school for exorcists
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[Title] => The future of Asia and the Pacific depends on whether young people have reason to hope
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[Title] => Asia's vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics
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[Title] => Exciting aquathlon race set in Argao
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[DatePublished] => 2026-06-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Seafarers’ $40 billion remittances shield Phl economy from global shocks
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