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Titan Dining, a private equity fund which owns the Tim Ho Wan brand and company-owned Tim Ho Wan restaurants, will be increasing its current fund size to SGD450 million from SGD350 million to support the expansion of Tim How Wan, other brands, and other future food and beverages concepts that may be included in the portfolio in the future.

El Niño may have brought the threat of dry spells and water scarcity, but the farmers’ resilience has risen to the occasion. Rather than succumbing to adversity, they have embraced the challenge as an opportunity to learn new techniques and innovative practices to combat the phenomenon’s effects while getting additional income.

Notably lower prices of farm products as vegetables, fruits and fish helped slow inflation in December to as low as 3.6 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Friday.

The International Energy Agency will work to ensure the World Bank, regional development banks and others prioritize the cost of investing in clean energy in developing countries following the COP28 summit last week, its executive director said.

China and the Philippines have ramped up rhetoric on defending territorial claims in the South China Sea, despite both calling for dialogue to settle tensions over that strategic waterway.