St. Luke’s Medical Center unveils newly improved Skin Center
ST. LUKE’S Medical Center (SLMC) in Quezon City launched the Skin Center by St. Luke’s last week, unveiling a newly improved dermatology center that...
Philippine politics is often mad. It just got crazier
By Ruth Pollard
POLITICAL VIOLENCE is nothing new in the Philippines. It was, after all, the site of the world’s worst massacre of media workers when 58...
Gov’t debt yields end mostly higher on Fed
YIELDS on government securities (GS) traded in the secondary market ended mostly higher last week amid uncertainty over the pace of the US Federal...
India’s floating solar plans run into opposition from fishing communities
MUMBAI — Early each morning, fisherman Nitin Birute casts his net into the backwaters of Jayakwadi Dam in western India, catching enough fish to...
Stocks to move sideways on Trump uncertainty
PHILIPPINE SHARES could trade sideways this week on bargain hunting following the market’s recent decline and amid continued uncertainties over the policy direction of...
Mapua Cardinals draw first blood in NCAA S100 Finals
CLINT ESCAMIS delivered an MVP effort as Mapua University overpowered College of St. Benilde, 84-73, on Sunday to move on the verge of claiming its first NCAA senior basketball championship in more than three decades in Season 100 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Pasig, the new overall champion in Batang Pinoy
THE City of Pasig has been named the new overall champion in the official list of winning medals to complete the 2024 edition of...
NCSAP hosts 46th SEASA Shooting Championship
THE National Clay Shooting Association of the Philippines (NCSAP) is hosting the sporting clays event of the 46th Southeast Asian Shooting Association (SEASA) Shooting...
Impeachment raps vs VP Duterte unlikely to prosper, analysts say
PLANNED impeachment raps against Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio may not prosper in Congress as the campaign season leading to the midterm elections in May is expected to take up much of lawmakers’ time, political analysts said.
Questions on VP Duterte’s spending, kill remarks lay groundwork for reforms
CONTROVERSIES surrounding Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio’s recent kill remarks and intel fund spending could help lay the groundwork for meaningful reforms, a labor leader said at the weekend.
Ensure GOCC, priority project funding next year, gov’t told
THE PHILIPPINE government must ensure that funding for government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) and for the government’s priority projects are not diverted for other purposes next year, analysts said at the weekend, as Congress works on harmonizing the 2025 spending plan.
Trump picks loyalist Patel to head FBI
WASHINGTON — Republican President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Saturday he wanted former National Security official and loyalist Kash Patel to lead the Federal...