What's Happening in the Philippines, Local News and Philippine People
UNITED NATIONS—Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an urgent appeal on Thursday for $5.5 billion to prevent a “catastrophe” for 34 million people in over three dozen countries who are just one step away from famine driven by conflict—and the World Food
MoreChina’s highest-profile political meeting of the year concluded on Thursday, with the government laying out economic plans to manage risks now that a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is well under way. Here’s what we learned from the weeklong gathering
MoreAs the rest of the world prepares for a vaccine-driven return to normal over the next few months, at her community health center in a poor, working class neighborhood of Cape Town, Andrea Mendelsohn is dreading the arrival of April
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President Joe Biden has ordered almost enough Covid-19 vaccine to fully inoculate every American adult twice, expanding production as he faces both uncertainty about domestic needs and calls from shot-starved allies to share the US supply. Biden announced Wednesday that
MoreThe battle between news publishers and Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. that flared up in Australia recently is coming to the US. Lawmakers re-introduced legislation on Wednesday to allow news organizations to band together to negotiate with the technology
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Warren Buffett has been a fixture at the top of the world’s wealth rankings for decades, but in recent years he’s slipped down the list as tech fortunes soared and his hot hand cooled. Now, at 90, his net worth
MoreBEIJING—China’s ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed the ruling Communist Party’s move to tighten control over Hong Kong by reducing the role of its public in picking the territory’s leaders. The measure drew condemnation from Britain and the US and accusations
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The Philippine economy and the people’s lives have been “severely battered” by the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020, however, the Filipinos’ “inquisitive and creative minds” propelled the people to “overcome adversities.” It has “highlighted the importance of research as a
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THE recent arrest of nine women would-be suicide bombers following a military sweep in Sulu province has exposed a “disturbing” possibility that the Islamic State (IS) and its local fronts, collectively known as Daulah Islamiyah (DI), have turned to widows
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A year after imposing lockdowns in the country to contain the pandemic, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the government’s Covid response has “improved so much.” This, as Vergeire confirmed that 11 cities in Metro Manila were detected to have
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A Philippine tycoon whose two previous initial public offerings flew off the shelves against all odds, could deliver another winner this month, if history is any guide. Edgar “Injap” Sia’s grocer MerryMart Consumer Corp. defied a market slump when it
MoreThe Senate is moving to update the Commonwealth-era Public Service law enacted 80 years ago empowering Congress to review and grant franchises for public utilities. In sponsoring the remedial legislation for plenary deliberation, Senator Grace Poe, who chairs the sponsoring
MoreCLARK FREEPORT—The former mayor of Angeles City who currently sits as chairman of the Board of Directors of Clark Development Corp. (CDC) on Thursday said he is likely to shun politics and that he harbors no plan to run for
MoreSecurity Bank Corp. has inked a partnership with an insurance technology (insurtech) player to provide smartphone protection coverage. In a news statement issued on Thursday, the listed bank said it collaborated with bolttech to give Security Bank cardholders free one-month
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The Philippine government received a total of $1.2 billion worth of loans from multilateral development banks (MDBs) to purchase and distribute Covid-19 vaccines nationwide. The Washington-based World Bank approved $500 million worth of funding support, while the Manila-based Asian Development
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The Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said there is no reason to halt the rollout of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines in the country, notwithstanding reports that some vaccinees in Denmark and Norway reportedly
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The House of Representatives is eyeing to allocate P50 billion starting next year in a renewed push for the passage of an on-site, in-city or near-city housing bill to address homelessness in the country. House leaders gave the assurance as
MoreLAID waste by a nuclear disaster a decade ago, Japan’s Fukushima is still struggling to recover, even as the government tries to bring people and jobs back to former ghost towns by pouring in billions of dollars to decontaminate and
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With a vote of 22 affirmative, 0 negative and 1 abstention, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill declaring Davao City as the Chocolate Capital and Davao Region as the Cacao Capital of the Philippines.
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In an unprecedented move, DITO Telecommunity Corporation, the country’s third major player in the telecommunications industry heralded its entry into the market by announcing that it will be providing free call and text as well as broadband services to 3000
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