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resident Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. emphasized his administration's commitment to inviting more investors to expand operations in the Philippines during the Philippine Business Forum in Melbourne.
PBBM highlighted laws like the Public-Private Partnership Code, the Internet Transactions Act, and the Tatak Pinoy Act, ensuring responsive policies and reducing bureaucratic processes.
During the forum, a presentation of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and Letters of Intent (LOIs) was conducted, resulting in the securing of a total of PhP86 billion in investments from 12 business deals. PHOTO FROM PCO

Marcos named one of '100 most influential people of 2024'

By Kristina Maralit

HEADLINES: Court overturns ban on Smartmatic | Apr. 18, 2024

HEADLINES: Court overturns ban on Smartmatic | Apr. 18, 2024

SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard prepare for a search and rescue operation after a fishing boat, RCT-999, sank off Zamboanga waters on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD

Philippine Coast Guard to join military drills with US for first time

By Agence France-Presse

This file photo shows Smartmatic Machines have been prepared in various School precincts here in Quezon City. PHOTO BY JOHN RYAN BALDEMOR

Court overturns ban on Smartmatic

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

CHEd Chairman Prospero "Popy" De Vera

CHEd chief faces another complaint before Ombudsman for non-remittance of scholarship benefits

By William B. Depasupil

Philippine Coast Guard to join military drills with US for first time

Court overturns ban on Smartmatic

CHEd chief faces another complaint before Ombudsman for non-remittance of scholarship benefits

In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. (BPBD Sitaro via AP)

Indonesia's Mount Ruang erupts

Department of Foreign Affairs

PH on China's 'bloc' allegation: 'Tension of region well known to all'

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia discusses the substitution of candidates during elections and the importance of the party-list system during a multiparty dialogue entitled "The Role of Party-list Organizations in Political and Electoral Reforms" in Taguig City, on Wednesday, April 3 2024. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Comelec to appeal SC ruling but says it won't affect 2025 midterm polls

Cars drive in a flooded street following heavy rains in Dubai on April 17, 2024. Dubai, the Middle East's financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 18 dead in Oman on April 14 and 15. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport

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Rivalry brewing in UAAP baseball finals

In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. (BPBD Sitaro via AP)

Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

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Eight reported injured after Japan quake

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company's facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. Boeing will be in the spotlight during back-to-back hearings Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as Congress examines allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture

Iranian army members march during Army Day parade at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. In the parade, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that the "tiniest invasion" by Israel would bring a "massive and harsh" response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran's attack over the weekend. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran's attack

PROFESSIONALIZING-HEALTHCARE

WATCH: PNA pushes for higher nurses' pay, opposes hiring of unlicensed aids

A police officer lifts tape to let a car into the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley on April 16, 2024. Australian police on April 16 said a brutal knife attack during a live-streamed church service was a religiously motivated 'terrorist' act, as they urged calm from the angered local community. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

'You are my son' says stabbed Sydney bishop as he forgives attacker

Antonio Contreras

On the Contrary

Confusion by legislation, and a way to move forward

By Antonio Contreras

Observer

It's a blessing Rodrigo Duterte and Pantaleon Alvarez are out of office and defanged

By Yen Makabenta

Remoto Control

How to become a novelist

By Danton Remoto

The Word on the World

Can we defend our nation without America? Yes

By Ricardo Saludo