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A former Chinese flight attendant studying in Thailand has been arrested in Songkhla after police accused her of acting as a broker for Chinese nationals travelling illegally between Thailand and Malaysia. The 34 year old woman, identified by the pseudonym Pan Yudong, was among five people arrested today, October 15, as immigration officers investigated a …

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Thailand and Switzerland are moving to fast-track implementation of their EFTA free trade agreement while advancing plans for about US$120 million in carbon-credit purchases. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Swiss President Guy Parmelin discussed the plans in Bangkok today, October 15, during Parmelin’s official visit to Thailand on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Annual …

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WASHINGTON, United States — A typhoon in the Philippines and flooding in Brazil. Twice in less than a year, British energy giant Shell has been the target of a new type of lawsuit seeking to make polluters pay part of the cost of specific extreme weather events. “We chose Shell because it’s an emblematic company.

MANILA, Philippines — For the first time, the Philippine peso has dropped to the 63-per-dollar level even as the US dollar fell from an 18-month high despite hotter-than-expected US inflation. Data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines showed that the local currency fell to an intraday low of 63.06 against the dollar during morning trading.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Nestor Archival has questioned the environmental agency’s assessment that local emissions are driving Metro Cebu’s unhealthy air quality. The mayor pointed to fires in Indonesia as a possible contributing factor even as officials prepare measures to address the pollution. Archival said Thursday, October 15, that he did not fully accept

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla said authorities have identified members of True Brown Style (TBS) in Cebu, warning the group that he would have them jailed. The disclosure comes as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) steps up efforts to address groups allegedly recruiting minors into

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian and Senators Erwin Tulfo and Panfilo Lacson on Thursday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that the 2027 budget could be used to pressure senator-judges to convict her. Gatchalian denied that the proposed national budget was being dangled before senator-judges in exchange for their votes. “There is no

LUCENA CITY – A 67-year-old passenger of a tricycle was killed in a freak accident in Nasugbu, Batangas, on Wednesday. The 62-year-old tricycle was negotiating a downhill stretch of road in Barangay Bulihan at 12:30 p.m. when it struck a road barrier and turned over its left side, throwing him and his passenger onto the

MANILA, Philippines—A politician from Mindanao allegedly financed the chartered flight linked to the 521-kilogram shabu seizure in Laos, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). “We have identified the financier behind this drug operation. This politician is based in the South, in Mindanao,” PDEA spokesperson Atty. Joseph Frederick Calulut told reporters in an interview

TACLOBAN CITY—The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the police officer whose gun was used by her nephew in the deadly attack at San Jose National High School here. Ordered dismissed from the service is Police Staff Sergeant Arla Ray O. Paciencia of the Regional Finance Service Unit 8 in Eastern Visayas