Marrying awesome spectacle and detailed artistry
NE ZHA 2 is a Chinese animated blockbuster and the second installment of the trials and tribulations of the titular character, the demon child Ne Zha. It picks up where the first film left off — the souls of him and his friend Ao Bing preserved after their physical bodies have been destroyed.
Filinvest Land hit P4.17-B profit in 2024 on residential sales
GOTIANUN-LED property developer Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI) posted an 11% increase in its attributable net income for 2024 to P4.17 billion from P3.77 billion...
PIRA pushes for lower DST on nonlife policies
THE PHILIPPINE INSURERS and Reinsurers Association, Inc. (PIRA) is pushing for lower documentary stamp taxes (DST) on nonlife insurance products to help lower costs.
The...
CREC unit seeks ERC nod for grid integration of Batangas solar project
SAAVEDRA-LED Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC), through its solar subsidiary, is seeking the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to develop a connection...
BSP seeks to amend rules on forwards, swaps
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing amendments to regulations on non-deliverable exchange forward and swap contracts involving the peso, which will allow...
Firms urged to offer workers tailored training under EBET
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said companies need to offer training that will boost their productivity that is tailor-made for their operations.
In...
Cooler inflation paves way for Fed to resume rate cuts in June
COOLER INFLATION last month leaves the door open for the US Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates by midyear, but the central bank...
UK care firms should hire foreign workers already in country, gov’t says
LONDON — British social care providers will have to prioritize hiring foreign care workers already in the country before recruiting from overseas, the government...
Neutralizing sleeper agents and other espionage activities, foreign and domestic
By Rocio Salle Gatdula
THE recent arrests of several Chinese nationals and two Filipinos on espionage charges show growing security threats to the Philippines and the need for...
US agencies offer staff new buyouts ahead of Trump’s deadline to file resignations
MULTIPLE government agencies are turning to early retirement programs to reduce headcount as they scramble to meet President Donald Trump’s Thursday deadline for them...
Growing Trump-Putin detente could spell trouble for the Arctic
By Duncan Depledge and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
During a wide-ranging 90-minute speech to the US congress of March 4, Donald Trump revisited his determination to “get” Greenland “one way or the...
The dollar’s rampage is on hiatus. Is Asia ready?
By Daniel Moss
THE EPIC RALLY that drove the dollar to its best performance in almost a decade is taking a breather. For policymakers in Asia, who...