DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year's election. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she...
Businesses in the Philippines enjoy operating in a strong regulatory environment but are most bogged down by inefficient government support services, the World Bank's new Business Ready report launched on Oct. 3 showed. In the inaugural report that assessed business climate in its pilot 50...
The Marcos Jr. administration will borrow $509.24 million (about P28.7 billion) from the World Bank to enhance health services in rural areas. World Bank documents showed that the Washington-based multilateral lender's board is expected to approve the Philippines Health System Resilience Project on...
The Philippine government is seeking a one-year extension and partial reallocation of a World Bank loan that has been partly funding the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) since 2021. A World Bank restructuring paper showed that the Department of Finance (DOF) on Sept. 17 requested the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Here's some good news for public school teachers. Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. says more than 912,000 public school teachers employed by the Department of Education (DepEd) are set to receive...
Downward interest rates and bank reserves would bolster loans to productive economic sectors in the Philippines, according to the World Bank. "Along with lower inflation, the reductions in the real interest rate and lower reserve requirements could spur demand for credit in the near term by...
This photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows part of a damaged taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, after an explosion was reported. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters protested for better working conditions outside the national parliament on Wednesday. Professional firefighters march through Lisbon towards the Portuguese Parliament in a protest for better pay and work conditions, Wednesday, Oct. 2,...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters, assisted by waterbombing planes and volunteers, have made significant progress in containing a deadly forest blaze burning for four days in southern Greece, authorities said Wednesday. The fire service said the fire, which killed two local...
Nearly three-fourths of the loan for a flood control project in Metro Manila that the World Bank extended to the Philippines seven years ago remained unspent even as this financing is scheduled to end before yearend. A Sept. 30 implementation status and results report seen by Manila Bulletin...
ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming water melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain . A beluga whale swims behind a boat...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth , a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied West Bank who attack Palestinians and their property. This photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington, June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick...
