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Wuhu, China — October 19, 2025 — At the OMODA & JAECOO International User Summit held in Wuhu, China, the world witnessed the debut of the revolutionary OMODA 5 SHS-H and JAECOO 5 SHS-H hybrid models—dubbed the Hybrid Twin Stars. Under the summit’s forward-looking theme, “CO-CREATE · CO-DEFINE”, and vision of “Enter Super Next,” these vehicles deliver a seamless fusion …
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October, 2025
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21 October
PIDS: Adopt flexibility in setting palay floor price
BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz In setting a floor or ceiling price for palay and rice, government must adopt flexibility just like its price setting exercises in tobacco and minimum wages. Rigid floor price and ceilings would only distort the market and result in the disappearance of commodities, worse bring them to black market operations. This was the advice …
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21 October
Carmen’s Best diversifies its product, market
Although CARMEN’S BEST ice creams are pricey for the ordinary consumer, still Filipinos patronize it for both quality and the fact that it is a local brand. Not only will the company diversify its product line – from ice creams to cheeses – it will also bring its products to Mindanao, where it plans to put up a facility. It wants to bring its products …
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21 October
DA to buy P3.3-B worth of 300 rice driers in 3 years
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is allocating P3.3 billion to buy 300 rice drying systems over the next three years, raising capacity for the process by 35-40%. In a statement, DA said it has delivered and commissioned 118 rice processing systems, with an additional 27 due by end December 2025. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. wants to modernize the agriculture sector, citing the need …
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21 October
Pasig River rehab project recognized by UN body
Pasig Bigyang Buhay Muli (PBBM), a project of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., wasnamed one of the recipients of the 2025 Asian Townscape Award presented by the United Nations (UN), following deliberations in Japan last September 17. In a letter to the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development (IAC-PRUD), the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific confirmed the award that will be formally conferred on …
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21 October
Population, health, environment conference takes up equity, sustainability in development solutions
The 10th national Population Health and Environment (PHE) conference revealed the voices, stories and experiences of communities in the Philippines that are navigating interconnected pathways to a sustainable and healthy environment. Convened by the PHE network at a hotel in Pasay City, the conference – with the theme, “Equity and Sustainability in Focus: 20 Years of Transformative PHE” – gathered more than 100 advocates, practitioners, experts and policymakers who discussed approaches of …
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21 October
P1-B earmarked for SCTEX expansion
Around P1 billion is being allocated for the upgrade of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), according to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). BCDA President and Chief Executive Office Joshua Bingcang said SCTEX will be expanded and extended to accommodate the increasing volume of traffic. The budget will be for the improvement of the SCTEX estimated to be completed within the next two years, said Bingcang. He added about P750 …
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21 October
From waste to worth
Artist Noel Tañada used materials from plastics; plants and agricultural waste; paper, glass and textile waste; and even hazardous waste to create artistic furniture. These waste materials can literally build a house for a family, a house made of walls, “concrete slabs”, furniture from tables to cabinet to beds, a lampshade or a lightning fixture. Tanada’s from waste to exhibit is a first public showcase of …
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21 October
WTE projects for auction in 2026
The Department of Energy (DOE) hopes to get more investor support for its waste-to-energy (WTE) push with the launch of a special bidding round in early 2026. DOE said the “special green energy auction” is scheduled in January 2026. This will mainly focus on WTE projects that will source their waste feedstock within Metro Manila and highly urbanized cities (HUCs), with completion set …
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21 October
Lovi Poe muses on her body in verse
by Boy Villasanta The long wait is over. After Lovi Poe and ex-beau Montgomery Blencowe, a film producer and scientist, tied the knot in London some two years ago, Monty’s former girlfriend is finally giving birth any time soon. Lovi disclosed her pregnancy to coincide with their wedding anniversary with Montgomery. Lovi and Monty got married at Cliveden House in …
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