The United States (US)-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Council Inc. (USABC) is urging Southeast Asian governments to accelerate customs digitalization, harmonize trade procedures, strengthen anti-illicit trade enforcement, and deepen public-private cooperation to bolster...
Ukraine launched fresh strikes on Russian energy sites overnight into Sunday, Russian authorities and media reported, while Kyiv denied Russian claims that a Ukrainian drone struck a key Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant. Drone debris set fire to a fuel storage facility in Russia 's southwestern...
Four global institutions have warned that the prolonged war in the Middle East is posing increasing risks to global energy security, food supplies, and economic growth as oil inventories continue to decline at a record pace. In a joint statement last Friday, May 29, the International Energy...
Philippine economic growth is seen falling to a new post-pandemic low of three percent this year as the lingering impacts of last year’s multi-billion-peso flood-control corruption scandal and the prolonged war in the Middle East weigh on investor and business confidence, according to think tank...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, May 29, expressed support for the newly formed civilian-led “EJK Truth Commission” that seeks to document alleged extra-judicial killings and abuses tied to the previous administration’s war on drugs. The police leadership said the initiative...
Philippine economic growth needs “a major impetus” after slowing to its weakest pace since the pandemic recovery period, with rising inflation, higher interest rates, and the prolonged Middle East conflict expected to weigh on the country’s property sector, according to property consultancy...
Business confidence deteriorated further in April as geopolitical hostilities in the Middle East and elevated global oil prices stoked fears of persistent inflation, prompting companies to aggressively scale back their capital expenditure plans. According to the latest business expectations survey...
Anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) uncovered a clandestine drug laboratory following a raid in a remote island village in Looc, Occidental Mindoro. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the operation stemmed from the information provided by a suspect...
More than two weeks after a series of gunfire rocked the Senate, the Filipino people are still asking, “Was it related to the escape of Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa?” On Thursday, May 28, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ended all the speculations and conspiracy...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chamber III has postponed making a decision on the schedule of former president Rodrigo Duterte 's trial until he is reexamined by medical experts. During the second session of the first status conference on Duterte 's case on Wednesday, May 27,...
“How can I say no to a project that’s as timely as today’s headlines, like they always say,” Ian Veneracion blurted out when asked what attracted him to the 6-part mini-series, “Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence.” The veteran actor, otherwise known for his sweet, caring...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed Wednesday, May 27, that it is now preparing subpoenas for people linked to Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after agents raided a house in Angeles City, Pampanga tied to a relative of Senator Robinhood Padilla in the expanding manhunt for the...
