A statue depicting the late Syrian President Hafez Assad is seen on the top of a mount in Dayr Atiyah, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File) BERLIN (AP) — Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of...
State-run Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) is expected to unveil the country’s highest air traffic control (ATC) tower in the Philippines by the second quarter of the year. CIAC, which oversees prime government land surrounding the Clark International Airport, envisions the 18-story tower...
Campaigning for those running for senator and party-list group representatives officially begins Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. In preparation for the posting of election materials, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia stressed the need to adhere to the usage of common poster areas. He also emphasized the...
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific flew over 5.6 million passengers to and from Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in 2024, accounting for nearly 50 percent of the airport’s total passenger traffic. MCIA saw 11.3 million passengers in 2024, a 13 percent markup from the previous year’s 10.03...
“Village Keeper,” a movie produced by Filipino-Canadian Enrique Miguel Baniqued and directed by Karen Chapman, will be premiering at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California. The film festival opened on Feb. 4 and will run until Feb. 15. The poster for the...
Clark International Airport is projecting significant growth in its passenger volume this year, driven by the transfer of turboprop operations from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corp. (LIPAD), the airport operator, anticipates passenger...
President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the...
Premiumlands Corporation (PLC) and Industrial Holdings and Development Corporation (IHDC), both owned by Francis Lloyd Chua, are launching a ₱255 million tender offer for minority-held shares of Asiabest Group International Inc. (ABG). According to a disclosure filed with the Philippine Stock...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is closing two Casino Filipino branches in Talisay, Cebu, and Tagum, Davao del Norte, due to financial losses, as part of its ongoing rationalization plan. Pagcor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alejandro Tengco said in a statement that both...
Amid deteriorating relations with China, the Philippines, under the current Trump 2.0 administration, may increasingly become a "friendshoring" partner for the US, its former colonizer, especially in the technology sector, according to researchers at the think tank Center for Strategic and...
The Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs was not a legitimate law enforcement policy, contrary to what its supporters believe, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile said. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Figure skaters and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. this week will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March. International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim (AP) International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim...
