Group of aggrieved plan holders revives estafa class suit vs Lifetime Plans
BY ABOUT 450 plan holders on Monday went to the Department of Justice (DoJ) to file a total of more than 1,600 counts of...
North Cotabato encounter spurs call for bilateral cease-fire
DAVAO CITY -- The clash between the New People’s Army and the military during the weekend in Makilala, North Cotabato has pushed the Philippine...
Duterte on Trump: ‘Gago din’
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte in his freewheeling remarks as he took part in his police chief’s birthday celebration last Saturday recalled anew his Dec....
2 of 4 ethics complaints vs De Lima dismissed: Ethics Chairperson Sotto
SENATE COMMITTEE on Ethics Chair Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday said the committee has dismissed two of the four ethics complaints filed against...
Senators find holes in probe on alleged bribery by Jack Lam
THE SENATE started yesterday its probe on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) bribery scandal, in which two former associate commissioners and the Secretary of...
Members of CIDG 8 file counter-affidavits in Espinosa slay case
MEMBERS OF the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 8 on Monday submitted their counter-affidavits denying their involvement in the killing of Albuera,...
China’s bitcoin exchanges to charge trading fees
CHINA’S three largest bitcoin exchanges, whose activities have drawn increased scrutiny from the central bank, said they will begin charging trading fees effective Tuesday.
BTCC,...
Sta. Isabel ‘forced to make up stories’: dela Rosa
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) Chief Director-General Ronald M. dela Rosa on Monday maintained his earlier statements about the killing of Korean businessman Ick Joo...
UnionBank sees strong profit growth
ABOITIZ-LED Union Bank of the Philippines, Inc. (UnionBank) expects its overall growth for 2016 to beat 2015’s performance with the lender’s bottom line in...
Security Bank’s lending business likely to sustain expansion in 2017
SECURITY BANK Corp. (Security Bank) is looking to sustain the growth in its lending business at around 20% this year to accommodate borrowers in...
Peso continues to strengthen as Trump speech sinks greenback
THE PESO extended its climb against the dollar yesterday as market players decided not to buy the greenback after the new US President failed...
Gov’t infrastructure push attracts foreign banks
FOREIGN BANKS entering the Philippines are looking to ride on the government’s infrastructure push as they expand their presence here, a central bank official...