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Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight

May 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, China (PRC), CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, INDONESIA, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Malaysia, Philippines, PLASTIC, Plastics / Polymers, Pollution, Thailand, US, VIETNAM

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi

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Philippine lawmakers vow to get broadcast giant ABS-CBN back on air

May 6, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, BROADCASTER, Broadcasting (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Equities Markets, Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties, General News, Government / Politics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Internet / World Wide Web, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Major News, MEDIA, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Philippines, Picture available, Pictures, Regulation, Technology / Media / Telecoms, Telecommunications Services (TRBC), US

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the country’s biggest broadcaster back on air, amid widespread shock

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Rising sea levels threaten sovereign credit ratings: Moody’s

January 16, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Bahamas, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Egypt, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Fiji, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Maldives, Middle East, MOODY, National Government Debt, Philippines, S, SINGAPORE, South America / Central America, SOVEREIGN, Sri Lanka, Suriname, US, VIETNAM

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Economic shocks stemming from rising sea levels pose a long-term risk to the sovereign credit ratings of

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Death toll in Philippine typhoon rises to 10 as storm moves off

December 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Floods, Graphics, Philippines, Pictures, Precipitation, Sport, STORM, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past electric poles lying on the main highway after Typhoon Kammuri hit Camalig town, Philippines,

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Typhoon hits Philippines, disrupting travel, work

December 3, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Floods, Philippines, Pictures, Precipitation, Sport, STORM, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MANILA (Reuters) – A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday bringing heavy rains and prompting preemptive halts in air travel,

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Entertainment 

‘Abominable’ film axed in Malaysia after rebuffing order to cut China map

October 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Broadcasting (TRBC), Brunei, China (PRC), Company News, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Film, Freedom of Speech / Censorship, General News, Government / Politics, Malaysia, Philippines, SOUTHCHINASEA, Taiwan, United States, US, VIETNAM

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – DreamWorks’ animated movie “Abominable” will not be released in Malaysia after its producers declined to meet

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Ship carrying waste arrives back in Canada from the Philippines

June 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Canada, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Environmental Services (TRBC), Europe, General News, Malaysia, Philippines, Picture available, United Kingdom, US, Video, WASTE

The ship Anna Maersk is docked at Roberts Bank port carrying 69 containers of mostly paper and plastic waste returned

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Canada will accept garbage containers wrongly sent to Philippines, says Manila

May 8, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Canada, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, GARBAGE, General News, Government / Politics, Philippines, Pollution, US

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada has agreed to take back 69 containers of garbage that were wrongly sent to the Philippines

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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods climbs to 85

January 2, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Children / Youth Issues, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Floods, General News, MINING, Philippines, Precipitation, US, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather

MANILA (Reuters) – The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression

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Philippine cyclone leaves at least 22 dead

December 30, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Children / Youth Issues, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Philippines, Precipitation, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MANILA (Reuters) – At least 22 people have died due to landslides and flooding triggered by a tropical cyclone that

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