Venezuela: US denied visas to our UN delegation
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro accused the United States on Thursday of denying visas to members of its delegation for next week’s UN General Assembly in New York. “You are required to give visas...
View ArticleGerman election foes could make up and govern
Many countries would only do it when facing war or major disaster, but for Germany it’s a very real scenario after Sunday’s election: a grand coalition government of the two big parties. After months...
View ArticleBlessings of the land
FENG shui (literally, wind water flow) lore has it root crops embody a hidden store of treasures. Say, a local food conglomerate needs yearly 35,000 metric tons of cassava for livestock feed— the...
View ArticleJapanese medics try mobile x-rays in Yolanda areas
TACLOBAN City: Japanese medics working to help victims of the typhoon that recently hit the Philippines have deployed wireless mobile X-ray kits using tablet computers, a world first in a disaster...
View ArticleOutpouring of support to Yolanda’s victims
AS victims of Yolanda reached their one week of isolation and desperation, an outpouring of support both here and abroad continued from as far as Europe and as near as Asean neighbors, who expressed...
View ArticleImelda longs to see battered hometown
LAOAG CITY: The wife of former president Ferdinand Marcos is dying to go to Tacloban City, but her doctors have advised her against it. Imelda Marcos, who now represents the second district of Ilocos...
View ArticlePacman dedicates fight to victims of calamities
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is dedicating his November 24 fight against Brandon Rios to the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda and the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Bohol and Cebu. “I dedicate my...
View ArticleMedicine prices frozen
The prices of about 200 essential medicines will be frozen all over the country to ensure they are available to thousands of typhoon victims, Health Secretary Enrique Ona announced on Saturday....
View ArticleGLOBAL AID CONVERGES ON PHILIPPINES
Spearheaded by an American aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Yolanda left thousands dead and...
View ArticleRe-zoning for Visayas pushed
The devastation from Typhoon Yolanda in most of the Visayas and parts of Bicol, Mindoro and Palawan highlights the need for a comprehensive re-zoning plan that calls for the retrofitting of land-use...
View ArticleTourism leader sees need for storm-hit areas to start recovering
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Tourism Association (Aseanta) Deputy Executive Aileen Clemente said on Wednesday that tourism, trading and other economic activities in areas affected by Super...
View ArticleGlobe gets stable outlook
Credit-rating agency Fitch Ratings has given a stable outlook to Globe Telecom Inc.’s (Globe) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at “BBB-”. The senior unsecured and...
View ArticlePBB to open 26 new branches next year
Recently listed Philippine Business Bank (PBB) will build 26 new business units throughout the country to firm up its presence in both restricted and nonrestricted areas nationwide. The bank at this...
View ArticlePH farm mechanization needs acceleration
The Philippines has to fast track the implementation of its farm mechanization program amid increasing occurrence of typhoons that hit the country over the last two years, the Asian Rice Foundation...
View ArticleAquino, Cabinet approve P184-B projects
After hours of meeting, President Benigno Aquino 3rd and his Cabinet on Thursday approved seven infrastructure projects worth more than P100 billion, including the construction of a common station that...
View ArticleHUAWEI BULLISH ON SMARTPHONES
Shenzhen: Being a company that only focused on building telecommunication networks, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. found it hard to enter and create a smartphone brand, a Huawei executive said in an...
View ArticleMarket slumps for fourth day
Still not spared from the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, the most powerful storm to hit the country, the local stock market extended its losing streak that began from the first trading session of this...
View ArticlePSE awards five listed firms for good governance
Five listed firms as well as five brokerages houses were recently awarded by the Philippine Stock Exchange for good corporate governance. The local bourse awarded Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., China...
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