Three high-impact projects under the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) have been endorsed to the American and Japanese Investors in the Luzon Economic Corridor plan. In a statement on Monday, April 22, the BCDA said the top projects listed were the Subic-Clark Railway Project...
German’s diplomat in Manila on Tuesday, April 16, called on the Marcos administration to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) and cooperate with its ongoing probe on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. German Ambassador to the Philippines German Pfaffernoschke made the...
The pioneering study of UA&P economists who tried to measure through the input-output method the impact of the ride-hailing and on-demand delivery on the Philippine economy (focusing on the case of Grab PH) take on special significance with the report by Statista, a data provider, that...
Despite their complicated relationship, President Marcos said he still would not hand over former president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the country's judiciary and law enforcement remain robust. File photos of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (right)...
With $1.5 million funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Philippine government - with the Department of Energy (DOE) in the lead - has established a centralized energy command hub that will be primarily activated in times of disasters, power system failures...
Reinforcing the stream of ‘clean energy finance’ for emerging economies is seen as the major stimulus on concretizing the major commitments in last year’s climate change summit and must also top the agenda in this year’s COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel has urged the Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto to visit Japan and seek funding for the long-delayed Mindanao Railway...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Rep. Yamsuan's Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan says the government should consider Japan as a viable funding option to finance the long-derailed Bicol Express...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the International Boxing Association against the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) withdrawing recognition of IBA as the international federation for the sport of boxing. The CAS verdict that effectively...
As an integral part of the inaugural dialogue on the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) underpinned by the Japanese and Philippine governments, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a preliminary deal with three Philippine conglomerates for the development of projects...
Based on a study conducted by American economist Joel Waldfogel, titled “The Welfare Effect of Gender-Inclusive Intellectual Property Creation: Evidence from Books,” female authors are now dominating the publishing industry. But before this historic feat for women, strong female writers had to...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri appealed for peace among fellow members of the International Parliamentarian Union (IPU) amid wars and conflict currently happening in different parts of the world, even in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri appealed...
