The Philippines has sought World Bank backing for a $1-billion program aimed at tackling the country ’ s plastic waste problem, starting with Metro Manila. In a June 10 document, the World Bank said that the proposed Clean Philippines Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) is designed to improve...
The World Bank Group (WBG) has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for the Philippines to 3.7 percent, warning that the ongoing war in the Middle East is weighing heavily on energy-importing economies and threatening to push global growth to its weakest pace since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Amid a prolonged global oil crisis, the Philippines is poised to secure fresh grant and loan financing from bilateral as well as multilateral partners to support power-sector reforms and the transition to more renewable energy (RE) sources. United States (US) aid agency Millennium Challenge Corp....
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V clapped back at the twice-impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 10 for likening the Senate leadership squabble to the affairs of the Marcos administration. Ortega was reacting to the Vice President’s supposed...
The World Bank has approved a six-month extension of its $300-million loan for a delayed project aimed at strengthening Metro Manila’s preparedness for “The Big One” earthquake, after the Philippine government sought more time to implement key activities that have yet to begin. In a...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) Group has signed a new franchise agreement in the Philippines with Indonesian lifestyle retailer PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk, shifting its local strategy to a centralized regional model just months after the exit by its longtime local operator. In a statement, M&S reported that...
A pair of prodigious chessers from Alicia, Isabela, Jodiel Chloe Banawa and Empress Anika Caole topped their respective divisions in rapid and blitz over the weekend to emerge the only triple gold medal winners in the National Age Group Championships at the SMX Convention Center in Olongapo....
Jasmine Solis put on a clinic in resilience and skill, capturing two singles titles and a doubles crown to spearhead the winners at the Dr. Pablo Olivarez Juniors Age-Group Tennis Championships in Sucat, Parañaque over the weekend. Held at the Olivarez Sports Center and Parañaque Tennis Courts,...
Oscar Joseph Cantela and Jemaica Yap Mendoza threaded through the proverbial eye of the needle to rule the standard event of the premier boys and girls Under-20 divisions of the National Age Group Chess Championships at the SMX Convention Center in Olongapo City. Cantela, a native of General Trias,...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has received an invitation to join the Oneworld Alliance, a move that will integrate the country’s flag carrier into the global network spanning nearly 1,000 destinations. The announcement was made Saturday, June 6, at the International Air Transport Association Annual...
Public health advocate, Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon has vowed to continue serving as a witness in the Dengvaxia-related cases despite the disciplinary action imposed on him by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP). In a statement issued on June 5, Leachon said he remains committed to...
The Meralco Theater in Pasig City is built to showcase spectacle, but on a late May evening, the most arresting sight was the man in the wheelchair. Manuel V. Pangilinan—the 79-year-old tycoon, known by his initials, MVP—was celebrating the 45th anniversary of First Pacific Co., the Hong...
