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  • June jobless rate falls to lowest in two decades

    June jobless rate falls to lowest in two decades

    THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in June fell to 3.1%, the lowest in two decades, as hiring in the construction sector surged, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. Preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed the jobless rate slipped from 4.1% in May and 4.5% in June 2023.…

  • US DOE awards grants to two small businesses for geothermal research

    Two small businesses have been awarded grants by the US DOE-GTO for research on advanced data collection to support geothermal exploration. The post US DOE awards grants to two small businesses for geothermal research first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy – Geothermal Energy News.

  • How many people die from extreme temperatures, and how could this change in the future: Part two

    Climate change will drive very unequal impacts, with fewer deaths at higher latitudes but increased heatwave deaths across the tropics.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/part-two-how-many-people-die-from-extreme-temperatures-and-how-could-this-change-in-the-future" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/heat-deaths-climate-featured-image.png"/></a>

  • Arthaland nears deal for two acquisitions

    LISTED property developer Arthaland Corp. said it is nearing a deal to acquire two properties for development over a 10 to 15-year period. “We’ve made significant gains in steps to close and finalize the acquisition of these properties,” Arthaland Executive Vice-President Christopher G. Narciso said during the company’s annual stockholders’…

  • Two million Filipino children living in severe food poverty — UNICEF

    AROUND TWO MILLION Filipino children are living in severe food poverty, putting them at risk of malnutrition, according to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a report entitled “Child Food Poverty: Nutrition deprivation in early childhood,” UNICEF said 18% of Filipino children under five years…

  • Two House committees approve amendments to Rice Tariffication Law

    Two House committees approve amendments to Rice Tariffication Law

    TWO COMMITTEES at the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law of 2019. The House committees on Agriculture and Food and Ways and Means on Tuesday in separate hearings okayed the amendments, with several measures on the amendments set to be consolidated into…

  • SM Prime targets two China mall openings by 2025

    LISTED property developer SM Prime Holdings, Inc. continues its mall expansion in China with two planned openings by 2025, the president of its malls unit said. The scheduled openings next year will be in Fujian Province, comprising phase 4 of SM Xiamen and a mall project in Haicheng town, said…