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Maria Garcia

165 Posts

Hormuz Insurance Spiked in May. The Sack of Rice Crossing to Cebu Pays for It in June. post image
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Hormuz Insurance Spiked in May. The Sack of Rice Crossing to Cebu Pays for It in June.

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The Brass Plate Reads Zobel. The Treasurer's Report Reads Dela Cruz. post image
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The Brass Plate Reads Zobel. The Treasurer's Report Reads Dela Cruz.

by Maria Garcia
Singapore VCs Will Wire the Series A. The Term Sheet Wants Your HQ in Raffles Place First. post image
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Singapore VCs Will Wire the Series A. The Term Sheet Wants Your HQ in Raffles Place First.

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Day Three: Two Power Plants Down, GenSan Airport Open Only for Aid Flights post image
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Day Three: Two Power Plants Down, GenSan Airport Open Only for Aid Flights

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71,000 Households Dark, GenSan Airport Shut, 35,000 Families Affected: Mindanao's Recovery by the Numbers post image
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71,000 Households Dark, GenSan Airport Shut, 35,000 Families Affected: Mindanao's Recovery by the Numbers

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2,000 Aftershocks and 45 Dead: Mindanao Enters Day Four With No End to the Tremors in Sight post image
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2,000 Aftershocks and 45 Dead: Mindanao Enters Day Four With No End to the Tremors in Sight

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Batangas Mango Farmers Lost a Third of the Crop. Japan Canceled 2026 Before the Trees Recovered. post image
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Batangas Mango Farmers Lost a Third of the Crop. Japan Canceled 2026 Before the Trees Recovered.

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Penang Factory Workers Under 25 Are Quitting by WhatsApp Voice Note post image
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Penang Factory Workers Under 25 Are Quitting by WhatsApp Voice Note

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Tokyo, Washington, Paris and Wellington Step Into the Mindanao Response post image
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Tokyo, Washington, Paris and Wellington Step Into the Mindanao Response

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Sarangani's Cut-Off Barangays Are Waiting on a Helicopter Schedule the Aftershocks Keep Rewriting post image
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Sarangani's Cut-Off Barangays Are Waiting on a Helicopter Schedule the Aftershocks Keep Rewriting

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Helicopter Is the Only Road Left to Half of Quake-Hit Mindanao post image
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Helicopter Is the Only Road Left to Half of Quake-Hit Mindanao

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The Rescue Teams Arrive Fast. The Tent Tarps Take a Week. post image
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The Rescue Teams Arrive Fast. The Tent Tarps Take a Week.

by Maria Garcia