British police arrest second man over London tube attack
LONDON -- A second man has been arrested over Friday’s bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, police said on...
Clothing takes a back seat to self-promotion at NY Fashion Week
AT 6 P.M. last Tuesday, for one of the final shows of New York Fashion Week, a throng of photographers and a file of...
ERC sets aside order for P477-M payment to SCPC
By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted the motion for reconsideration filed by two state agencies of its order for...
Property rights, trademarks and consumer protection
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Private property rights that people and businesses enjoy are among the cornerstones of a free and dynamic society. People have exclusive rights on what...
Japan’s Abe seen poised to call snap general election
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may hold a snap general election next month, local media reported, a move that would allow him...
Peso seen sideways on US data
THE PESO may move sideways this week as the expected effect of two hurricanes on the United States could temper potentially hawkish remarks in...
Spend, spend, spend
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia keynoted the Arangkada 2017 Forum on Sept. 14, when the Joint...
Solar Philippines starts building solar battery micro-grid
SOLAR PHILIPPINES Power Project Holdings, Inc. has started constructing a 4-megawatt (MW) solar-battery farm in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro province, which the company hopes to...
Moon, Trump vow stronger pressure against N. Korea
SEOUL -- US President Donald J. Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged “stronger pressure” on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea...
Stocks to test fresh highs after last week’s record
POLITICAL ISSUES here and abroad are set to take center stage this week as the country observes the 45th anniversary of the declaration of...
FDI pledges more than halved in second quarter
COMMITTED foreign direct investments (FDI) dropped by more than a half annually in the three months to June, marking the fourth straight quarter of...
Economic prospects intact despite rising risks – Moody’s
THE PHILIPPINES faces rising capacity constraints and political risks that nevertheless have not dented the economy’s prospects, Moody’s Investors Service said in a Sept....