Arsenic risk in Peru’s Andes

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] One of the most iconic ecosystems of the Peruvian plateau, the Junín Lake basin, suffers from “critical” levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium contamination, leading to health risks including cancer, according to new...

Di pwedeng usad-pagong: De Lima seeks to hasten classroom construction via LGU, private sector

By Billy Begas House Deputy Minority Leader and Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila De Lima has filed a measure seeking to institutionalize mechanisms that will allow local government units (LGUs) and the private sector to take part in...

HD Hyundai signs LOI for Peru's submarine development project

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilder, said Monday it has recently signed an initial agreement with Peru's state-run shipyard to jointly develop next-generation submarines. On Saturday, the...

Peru will end the year with 760,000 tons of grape exports

By the end of this year, Peru's table grape exports will surpass $1.9 billion, cementing the country's status as the world's leading producer and exporter of table grapes. The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) predicts that...

Peru's Keiko Fujimori announces fourth run for presidency

Peru's Keiko Fujimori says she will run for president in next year's election. She is the eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori who died last year. Fujimori announced her fourth bid for president on Thursday. She said she is running...

President meets APEC leaders in RoK

SEOUL — President Lương Cường held brief meetings with the Prime Ministers of Japan and New Zealand, the heads of delegations from Papua New Guinea and Peru, and the Chief Executive of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the...

In case you missed it: First Presidency’s official portraits released; President Holland invites youth to ‘Look Unto Christ,’ plus 6 other stories

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Peru’s Journalists Under Siege: Inside a Year of Fear, Defiance, and Survival

In today’s Peru, journalism feels like a dangerous vocation again. What began as scattered intimidation has hardened into a systemic campaign of harassment, with reporters caught between death threats, smear operations, police violence, and...

President Jose Jeri supervised food preparation for schoolchildren in Puente Piedra

President Jose Jeri Ore supervised the food preparation and distribution of school breakfasts to children at the Bella Aurora Initial Education Institution No. 585 in Puente Piedra, as part of a school food program implemented in various schools...

Social Media Influencers Pose New Threat to Isolated Indigenous Peoples

Last Updated on November 1, 2025 A new report by Survival International warns that social media influencers and online content creators are emerging as a dangerous new threat to some of the world’s most isolated Indigenous peoples. Echoing the...

Peru and China sign an agreement to promote electronic exchange of customs information

The Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China, Sun Meijun, and National Superintendent SUNAT, Javier Franco, signed an agreement to improve collaboration between each other institution. Photo: Courtesy.. The Peruvian National...

First Thing: Zohran Mamdani elected New York City mayor

Good morning. The Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has been elected as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. The 34-year-old democratic socialist secured victory...

Joint trade panel to be created by PH and Peru

The Philippines and Peru will be forming a joint trade commission (JTC), officials said during the just-concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. Philippine Trade Secretary Cristina Roque and Peruvian...

PHL, Peru to create joint trade commission

THE PHILIPPINES and Peru will establish a joint trade commission (JTC) to explore ways to boost bilateral trade, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. In a statement over the weekend, the DTI said: “The JTC will serve as a formal...

China Backtracking On Taiwan Participation At APEC Summit?

Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has “added a lot of conditions” to its attendance at next year’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, accusing Beijing of backtracking on its earlier commitment to allow “equal” participation. The...

Taiwan can join Apec summit if it sticks to one-China principle, Beijing says

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning was responding at a briefing to a Reuters question about Taipei’s claim that Beijing had imposed “numerous conditions” on its attendance at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. “Participating in...

Straughn to private sector: Seize opportunities with CAF membership

18 Barbadians should position themselves to buy and invest in companies across the Caribbean and Latin America, as the island prepares to become a full member of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), Finance and Economic...

What price do immigrants pay when they come to America? A new play offers an answer

The issue of immigration has been front and center on our stages this fall. Playwrights are responding not to the headlines (drama plays the long game) but to the human toll of entrenched prejudices and legislative negligence that have turned...

A surge towards sunshine in the political arena

By Jamal Mecklai, CEO at Mecklai Financial Zohran Mamdani, who is a shoo-in to be elected as mayor of New York City on November 4, is to my mind a worthy successor to Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, who were the last great global leaders we...

Taiwan to counter ‘one China’ APEC condition

Taiwan is to launch "countermeasures" against China after Beijing said Taiwan's participation in next year's APEC events should comply with the "one China" principle, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said today. China is to host the...