LONDON (AFP) -- US tennis player Jenson Brooksby has been banned for 18 months after missing three drug tests in a 12-month window, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said in a statement on Tuesday, Oct. 24. US tennis player Jenson Brooksby (AFP) The 22-year-old from California, who reached...
The Singapore-based holding firm of Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P) has reshuffled its top management after the departure of its former Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman, following an internal investigation due to alleged mismanagement concerns in the company. AG&P announced that...
Scrapper The New Horizons section of the 11th edition of QCinema, which runs from Nov. 17 to 26, features five acclaimed directorial film debuts: City Of Wind by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Foremost By Night by Victor Iriarte, Scrapper by Charlotte Regan, Through The Night by Delphine Girard, and...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which serves as the World Bank Group’s (WBG) private sector investment arm, lauded the Philippines’ new and improved policy framework for public-private partnerships (PPPs). In a meeting with Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno, IFC Regional Vice...
President Marcos has ordered the urgent implementation of the national anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and counter-proliferation financing strategy 2023-2027 in order to meet international standards and enable the Philippines to exit the "grey list." President Ferdinand...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), through its Fiscal Division, commended the Philippines for proactively improving its Public Financial Management (PFM) systems through digital transformation. During one of the sessions of the IMF-World Bank (WB) Annual Meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, IMF...
MUMBAI (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Monday, Oct. 16, he would not "dismiss out of hand" recent calls for him to stay in the post past the end of his scheduled term in 2025. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (AFP) The German...
AWARD WINNING SHOT Anton Juan shooting a scene in the international film Amon Banwa sa Lawud at the mangrove island of Suyac in Sagay City, Negros Occidental (Photo courtesy of the Sagay City PIO and Tourism Office) Amon Banwa sa Lawud (Our Island of the Mangrove Moons), co-produced by the Erehwon...
CEBU CITY – The P4.5-billion upgrade of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA) has been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board. AUMENTADO (FB) Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado said upgrading the BPIA will be done through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, October 16, renewed his call for the Marcos administration to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enter the Philippines and investigate former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV ...
Stressing that rice is not merely just a food but life, President Marcos encouraged government agencies and the private sector to continue collaborating with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in identifying solutions on the country's rice industry problems. President Ferdinand...
MUMBAI (AFP) -- Only 10 countries are now capable of staging an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games under existing criteria due to climate change, according to International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. (AFP) Natural...