Plastic film covering 12% of farmland in China pollutes soil
CHINA will expand its agricultural use of environment-damaging plastic film to boost crop production even as authorities try to curb soil pollution, a government...
PHL stocks decline anew on geopolitical concerns
AFTER CLIMBING for two straight days, the bellwether index slipped on Wednesday as tensions in the Korean peninsula weighed on local equities.
The Philippine Stock...
Food, oil, electricity spur Aug. inflation
HIGHER food, oil and electricity costs spurred prices of widely used goods and services in August at the fastest clip in three months, according...
Government in final stages of preparation for panda bond sale
THE GOVERNMENT plans to be ready for the sale of yuan-denominated bonds by November, said a senior official of the Treasury bureau which is...
Foreign business leaders press government on infrastructure agenda
FOREIGN INVESTORS want the government to pick up the pace on infrastructure development, fearing that President Rodrigo R. Duterte may run out of time...
Witness identifies 2 cops in Delos Santos killing
A WITNESS to the Aug. 17 murder of Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos on Tuesday positively identified two police officers as having...
Duterte wants ban on open-pit mining to stay
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte said on Tuesday he agreed with banning open-pit mining in the Southeast Asian nation given the environmental harm it causes.
He...
Alvarez backs documents on Sereno impeachment
WITH DOCUMENTARY evidence to back up the allegations and the possible testimony of two Supreme Court magistrates, House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez believes in...
Palanca winners’ role in the age of fake news: write for the truth
By Nickky F. P. de Guzman, Reporter
ONE OF the winners of the 67th Carlos Palanca Awards wrote about a timely topic: trolls.
“It is about...
The winners of the 67th edition of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
FILIPINO DIVISION
• Nobela: Eros S. Atalia, Ang Ikatlong Anti-Kristo
• Maikling Kuwento: 1st Prize: Adrian M. Legaspi, “Sa Pagitan ng Sabaw ng Chaolong at Hilab...
San Beda overcomes slow start to defeat St. Benilde
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Reporter
THE defending champions San Beda Red Lions notched their ninth win in 10 games in Season 93 of the National...
PAGCOR reviews lease contract with PAL for Pasay City property
PHILIPPINE Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) on Tuesday said flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) cannot build its proposed P20-billion ($400-million) annex to the Ninoy...