HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City on Friday lifted a stay-at-home order that had kept its nine million residents indoors for three months and devastated business in Vietnam's economic hub. A deserted highway in Ho Chi Minh City, which remains under lockdown to curb an outbreak of...
CIFIT PLDT Darren Wu The Philippines is the next strategic hyperscaler destination in Asia, according to an official of PLDT Inc. The country is already getting the attention of global cloud companies for prospective investments in the near to short term, said PLDT Territory Head for China and Asia...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, Sept. 4 urged lawmakers to expedite the passage of the bill that would encourage the entry of more investments in Central Luzon. Gordon is referring to Senate Bill No. 1549 or the Regional Investment and Infrastructure Coordinating Hub (RICH) of Central Luzon which...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning the public not to invest in the schemes being offered by Money Game Hub or MGH Trading OPC as they do not have the necessary license to solicit investments. “Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of MONEY GAME HUB / MGH TRADING OPC...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has highlighted infrastructure projects under the Duterte administration that aim to give focus on news and information coming from regions in the country other than Metro Manila. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar ( Photo from Martin Andanar's...
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the country's main gateway, can allow transit flights but limited for the "green" countries after the government has agreed to slightly ease the travel curbs. President Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the...
A modern government media facility will soon rise in the Visayas after an allocation of ₱ 200 million has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
How the return to Manila from seven years of living in Kuala Lumpur and Berlin is teaching this diplomat’s wife how to find happiness wherever she finds herself MANILA JEWEL I Palacio de Memoria interior Toward the end of our time abroad for my husband’s diplomatic posting, I was often asked...
The behavior of the Chinese Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels in the South China Sea is “not consistent” with how the best coast guards in the world should act and operate. Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (Asia Pacific Media Hub) This was the assessment...
A community that has its own agri-industrial business hub would be able to address various farmers' and consumers' concerns, all at the same time. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) Dr. Fermin D. Adriano, who serves as Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar's senior...
An agri-industrial hub that will offer reasonably-priced food items to Metro Manila consumers will soon be established in Taguig City, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The Agri-industrial Business Corridor (ABC) for freshwater aquaculture...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) launched Monday, July 5, the state-of-the art Technovation Hub, which seeks to benefit entrepreneurs venturing on furniture, woodcraft, housing and bamboo musical instruments production....
