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When the time came to renew his certificate of entitlement (COE), Andrew Tan hit the brakes on coughing up an eye-watering S$112,000 (US$87,400) to keep his car on Singapore’s roads for another 10 years. Instead, the 49-year-old business consultant decided in May to go without a car for the first time in two decades. High COE prices, rising running costs and the hassle of parking and congestion are prompting more Singaporeans to reconsider car ownership, as the land-scarce city state expands...

[Vantage Point] GCash at P6.60: Did investors finally get their price?

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Millions of Filipinos already trust GCash to move their money. The IPO asks whether they should trust it with their investment capital.

Vietnam picks 7-day Tet break for 2027 over 10-day option

Oct 2, 2026

Vietnam picks 7-day Tet break for 2027 over 10-day option

Vietnam's civil servants and public employees will get a seven-day Lunar New Year break from Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2027, under a holiday schedule the government has approved.

Vietnamese professor cracks 55-year-old math puzzle, inspired by juggling

Oct 2, 2026

Vietnamese professor cracks 55-year-old math puzzle, inspired by juggling

A Vietnamese mathematician and his German colleague have helped resolve a 55-year-old mathematical conjecture, using randomness and techniques inspired by juggling to tackle the problem.

US blast simulation targets China’s alleged secret nuclear testing

Oct 2, 2026

US blast simulation targets China’s alleged secret nuclear testing

The US has conducted a non-nuclear underground experiment to enhance its ability to detect low-yield nuclear explosions that it explicitly linked with a test that Washington suspects China carried out in 2020 – an accusation Beijing denies. The US Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) conducted a “subsurface, non-nuclear chemical high-explosive” experiment at the Nevada National Security Site, which it said aimed to “increase the...

Dumaguete drug bust yields P7.8M worth of ‘shabu’

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Dumaguete drug bust yields P7.8M worth of ‘shabu’

DUMAGUETE CITY — Police seized an estimated P7.8 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value drug suspect in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balugo here on Friday morning, Oct. 2. Personnel of the Dumaguete City Police Station’s City Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the operation at 11:19 a.m. in Purok Santol. This action resulted

P510K worth of suspected shabu seized in South Cotabato town

Oct 2, 2026

P510K worth of suspected shabu seized in South Cotabato town

KORONADAL CITY — Police arrested a 30-year-old man and seized about P510,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Friday, Oct. 2. The Police Regional Office 12 (PRO-12) said the operation was carried out at around 11:09 a.m. at a waiting shed along the national highway in Barangay Silway

Dinagyang main tribes competition returns to downtown Iloilo

Oct 2, 2026

Dinagyang main tribes competition returns to downtown Iloilo

ILOILO CITY — The Dinagyang Festival’s main tribes competition will return to Iloilo City’s historic downtown area in January 2027, with organizers proposing five judging areas and a redesigned lighted street parade. The Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) presented its initial plans during a consultative meeting with festival stakeholders on Friday, outlining proposed routes, schedules,

Ilocos Sur town adopts 4-day onsite workweek to save energy

Oct 2, 2026

Ilocos Sur town adopts 4-day onsite workweek to save energy

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The municipal government of Santo Domingo in this province will shift to a four-day onsite workweek starting Monday, Oct. 5. This is part of efforts to conserve energy, promote environmental sustainability, and improve administrative efficiency. Under the interim modified workweek, municipal offices will operate onsite from 8 a.m. to 5

Bojie Dy says education still House’s priority, affirms commitment

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Bojie Dy says education still House’s priority, affirms commitment

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has assured the public that the House of Representatives’s priority remains to be education, noting that one of the purposes of the chamber’s listening program is to check the needs of communities in terms of education. During the fifth leg of the LegisHear initiative, held on Friday in

Puerto Princesa braces for more grass fires amid super El Niño

Oct 2, 2026

Puerto Princesa braces for more grass fires amid super El Niño

CALAPAN CITY — The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) has placed its firefighting equipment on standby as it anticipates a possible increase in grass fires amid the extreme heat associated with super El Niño, according to the Provincial Information Office Mimaropa- Palawan on Friday, Oct. 2. CDRRMO chief Earl Timbancaya said the

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