The Embassies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, together with SM Supermalls, Blast TV, and the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), invite the public to the Pinoy Football Fiesta on Saturday, June 13, at the SM Mall of Asia’s MOA Sky in Pasay City. This free celebration brings together...
For the first time ever, the FIFA World Cup™ will kick off with three separate opening ceremonies with one taking place in each host country – Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Instead of a single traditional show, each nation will get its own moment in the spotlight, connected by a shared...
The Philippines’ information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector has emerged as the most viable investment destination for American artificial intelligence (AI) firms, according to the United States Commercial Service (USCS). USCS Manila commercial specialist Easter...
The Philippines risks remaining a mere host for foreign-led artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor investments under the emerging United States (US)-led Pax Silica initiative unless it develops stronger domestic technological and industrial capabilities, according to the University of the...
The Philippines is now taking steps to evade the imposition of a 12.5-percent tariff from the United States (US) over its alleged failure to crack down on the importation of goods made with forced labor. Trade Undersecretary Allan Gepty said the government would respond to the proposed duties by...
The Philippines could soon face additional duties of up to 12.5 percent on some of its exports to the United States (US) as a result of its alleged failure to enforce measures banning the entry of goods produced with forced labor. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced in a...
The Philippine Navy (PN) has completed its first ship-to-ship helicopter resupply mission with a United States Coast Guard vessel in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), West Philippine Sea (WPS). Captain Marie Angelica Sisican, director of the PN public affairs office, said the...
The United States (US) is pushing the pedal to the metal in developing its feasibility study (FS) for the proposed Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) Railway as it searches for a railway expert to oversee progress on the project. In an advisory, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced...
The United States plans to transfer a Coast Guard cutter to the Philippines to bolster the latter’s maritime security amid ongoing tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the vessel transfer following a high-level bilateral meeting with Department of...
The United States (US) is seeking to leverage the growing appeal of convenient meal products in the Philippines to widen its reach in the packaged soups and ready meals market, further expanding its presence in its 10th-largest export market. In a May 26 report, the US Department of Agriculture...
The inflation-targeting Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to continue raising interest rates to contain surging inflation despite the risk of slower economic growth. In a May 22 report, Japanese financial giant MUFG Bank Ltd. said the Philippines is facing one of the most severe...
The Department of National Defense (DND) has advanced its strategies to expand the country’s cyber defense and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities during a recent meeting with United States officials. DND Undersecretary for Information Systems and Cybersecurity Fabian M. Pedregosa met with...
