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Veganism in the Philippines is an interesting topic. Ostensibly, the Philippines look like they’ll be an easy country to travel to as a vegan . But in reality, it’s super hard to find vegan food in the Philippines. Why is this? And more importantly, how can you conquer the Philippines as a vegan? Is It Easy to Be Vegan in the Philippines? On the surface it looks veganism in the Philippines will be easy: Firstly, with English being one of the official languages of the Philippines (the other one is Tagalog), many Filipinos speak English, and many of them speak impeccable English. There is much much less of a language barrier here compared to say  Japan , Thailand or even Italy Secondly, with Filipino cuisine (wrongly) not renowned as first-class, there’s less chance of vegans having that fear of missing out on the ‘must eats’ that they might have in other countries with more famous cuisines (like Japan, Thailand or Italy haha) Thirdly, the Philippines are a collection of beautiful, trop

The PNG Department of Finance and Nambawan Super Ltd are working to reconcile figures for the rental arrears.  Finance Secretary Dr. Ken Ngangan in response to questons by this newsroom says NSL’s total figure of K160 million is inclusive of some costs, which shouldn’t include in rental invoices. He pointed out that this includes rent for office space, utilities and maintenance. Dr. Ngangan says the Finance Department met with NSL last week and agreed to have technical officers from both sides reconcile the figures which are currently being facilitated and ongoing. He says a partial payment of K50 million has been made last week. Meantime, Nambawan Super Limited (NSL) is adamant, that the locking out of State entities will continue until a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is signed between them and the State. NSL Chairman Reg Monagi, said that this MOA, will contain the schedule of payments, which is agreed to by both parties, to settle the remaining arrears of over K120 million in rental

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister  James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continues to run “fake news”. He said this today (December 8, 2022) after an editorial in The National claimed that former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had rubbished Papua New Guinea at the PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference in Sydney this week. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” PM Marape, who attended the Sydney conference on Monday, said. “The people of Australia and PNG demand an apology from The National for what seems to be a deliberate attempt to damage good relations between our two countries, “Even PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum President Anthony Smare, who organised the conference, is bewildered at where The National got this information from. “Such lies, propagated by foreign-owned media in PNG, will only damage the good relations between Australia and PNG that have existed long before they came in. “The 1000-plus people who packed the

A web development business can be an excellent adventure for young entrepreneurs . The possibilities for clients are truly endless since a professional website is pretty much a requirement for any successful brand. How do you advertise such a business in a world full of them? We’ve put together this handy list of tips on how to successfully advertise your web development business on a budget, so you can maximize the cost-effectiveness of your marketing efforts. 1. Figure out What You Can Afford The first thing you need to do when making any financial decision is to figure out what you can actually afford as a company. Marketing can be costly depending on your methods, so it’s important that you have a good idea of what level of financial strain the business can support before attempting to venture into marketing/advertisements. Take a close look at your monthly budget. What do you spend on advertising already? How much wiggle room do you have as far as cash flow? Once you’ve identified