As US ban on travel to N. Korea kicks in, tourist says he’d return
BEIJING -- With beautiful scenery, great food and friendly locals, American tourist Nicholas Burkhead said he’d be happy to return to his latest holiday...
Peso declines further on US GDP data
THE PESO finished the week lower against the dollar yesterday amid a quiet trading session due to upward-revised US economic growth in the second...
Putting reason into the war on drugs
By Jemy Gatdula
An incredibly sad phenomena resulting from the current administration’s blustery implementation of its policies, including the “war on drugs,” is its supporters’ nonchalant resort...
America’s jobs defy slowdown forecasts
IN AN ECONOMY growing at a moderate pace at best, the US job market keeps on shining.
Payroll gains topped forecasts in five of the...
Herald of the failing state
By Luis V. Teodoro
In his message for National Heroes Day this year, President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos to uphold the rule of law as the best way...
German unemployment falls ahead of polls
GERMAN unemployment extended its decline in August, underpinning a robust upswing in Europe’s largest economy less then four weeks before general elections.
The number of...
After Pyongyang missile, Britain and Japan agree closer security ties
TOKYO -- Britain and Japan said on Thursday they would cooperate in countering the threat posed by North Korea, two days after it fired...
Shares edge higher on MSCI index rebalancing
THE MAIN INDEX posted an uptick on Thursday on the back of adjustments in the MSCI index, even as the market continued to stay...
Palace, Congress agree on target bills
MALACAÑANG and Congress last Monday agreed on 28 legislative priorities for the term of President Rodrigo R. Duterte that ends in mid-2022, the National...
PAL dusts off NAIA 2 dev’t pitch
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) has revived its proposal to build a P20-billion ($400-million) annex to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 to address...
New Customs boss kicks off stint with warning
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
CUSTOMS Commissioner Isidro S. Lapeña lost no time in warning his men of a hard-line approach to corruption as...
Coffee for one, please
COFFEE is the tax the world pays us to get up in the morning and function like normal human beings. Nespresso, a subsidiary of...