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Today is Sunday, April 28, the 119th day of 2024. There are 247 days left in the year.
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Today is Sunday, April 28, the 119th day of 2024. There are 247 days left in the year.
TWO influential leaders of the Filipino-Chinese community are calling for a halt to the Philippines’s escalating tensions with China following the war of words between the United States and China on one hand, and the Philippines and its giant neighbor on the other. They argue that it will not only have an adverse effect on their day-to-day lives but also hinder the country’s growth.
CHINA can withstand any new tariffs the world throws at it—even the punitive ones Donald Trump is planning if he wins a second presidential term—because its prices are simply too competitive to resist.
The Department of National Defense (DND) is not aware of any internal agreement with China regarding Ayungin Shoal nor it is a party in such a deal, its chief, Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said on Saturday.
FRANCE and the Philippines are planning to start negotiations on an agreement that would give French soldiers immunity from criminal liabilities while participating in military exercises in the Philippines.
Today is Saturday, April 27, the 118th day of 2024. There are 248 days left in the year.
China’s overseas investment is heading for an eight-year high as its dominant firms build more factories abroad, a shift that could soften criticism of Beijing’s export drive.
DESPITE the tight monetary policy of the central bank, local firms are expected to have the same, if not more, appetite for loans in the second quarter, according to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
THE Philippines and Germany have strengthened their ties through the 3rd Asean Purchasing Initiative, by far the largest one initiated by German firms as they seek new suppliers in the Asean region.
THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has approved the new guidelines for its Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) in the review and approval of public-private partnership (PPP) projects.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., said the launch of the new Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) of the Batangas Port will help unlock the greater economic potential of the Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol regions.
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila has filed a diplomatic protest over comments allegedly by the Armed Forces chief and a congressman which they deemed “racist.”
THE Philippine economy may have posted a growth of 6.2 percent in the first quarter of this year on the back of better jobs generation and higher manufacturing output, according to a local think tank.
BUTUAN CITY—Dinagat Island Governor Nilo Demerey Jr. hopes to anchor the island province to the popularity of Siargao and gain a much-needed tourism boost as a new shorter route connecting the two islands launched earlier this week.
PARTICIPATING naval vessels from the Philippines, United States, and France have successfully conducted the exercises tasked to them during the second day of the multilateral maritime exercise (MME) in Palawan waters which are among the highlights of this year’s “Balikatan.”
SOUTH Korea is emerging as a closely watched weak link in the $63-trillion world of shadow banking.
THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid on red alert on Friday afternoon and issued yellow alert for Luzon and Mindanao grids.
THE Department of National Defense [DND] announced on Friday that Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landbergis paid a visit to the Philippines’s defense establishment for the first time.
THE Consunji Group has signed a purchase agreement with Cemex Asia B.V. to acquire its entire stake of 42.14 million common shares in Cemex Asian South East Corp. (CASEC) for $305.6 million.
FILINVEST Development Corp. (FDC) on Friday said it registered a 58-percent hike in both earnings per share and dividends per share, in line with its net income increase in 2023.
Worries about a potentially toxic cocktail combining stubbornly high inflation with a flagging economy dragged U.S. stocks lower on Thursday. A sharp drop for Facebook’s parent company, one of Wall Street’s most influential stocks, also hurt the market.
IF the conflict in the Middle East escalates, the World Bank expects natural gas, fertilizers, and food to become even more expensive than they are today.
DIGITAL transactions including electronic commerce and online content contributed nearly a tenth of the country’s GDP in 2023, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
IMPORTS remain necessary as local production is still unable to meet demand for key commodities like rice and pork, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).
FILIPINO families living in Metro Manila believe they need to earn P25,000 to keep them from being considered poor, according to the latest survey results of the Social Weather Station (SWS).
THE Senate will definitely look into the latest spate of rotating brownouts, triggered by simultaneous breakdowns in power plants, even as the Energy Committee’s vice chairman said all indications point to neglect by some generating companies (gencos) this time around.
THE Department of Energy (DOE) said Thursday the issuance of yellow alerts, and possibly red alerts, will continue until next month as the heat index remains extremely high in most areas of the country, resulting in an increase in demand for electricity.
THE four participating naval vessels in the so-called “multilateral maritime exercise” (MME) of this year’s “Balikatan” departed from Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Thursday for their training event scheduled until April 29.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) kept the Philippines out of its watch list of countries with intellectual property (IP) concerns for the 11th consecutive year.
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