[ad_1] BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno MANILA – Philippine monetary officials continue to ensure their readiness to help boost domestic growth as economic activities remain weak and inflation subdued. This after the rate of price increases slowed further to 2.3 percent last September from 2.4 percent the previous month, bringing the …
Read More »
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 6) – COVID-19 cases in the Philippines increased by 2,093 on Tuesday, reaching 326,833, the Department of Health reported. Of the count, 47,655, or about 14 percent, are active cases or currently ill patients, according to the DOH count. About 85.6 percent have mild …
Read More »
[ad_1] Photo by Tristan Tamayo / INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – Greg Slaughter is back in the country after spending the last seven months training in the United States. The 7-foot center left for the US last March, just a month after announcing his surprise sabbatical from basketball on social media. …
Read More »
[ad_1] MANILA – A survey conducted by the World Bank, the National Economic Development Authority and the Department of Finance shows that 48 percent of companies in the Philippines have reduced the number of their employees amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey was conducted among 74,031 companies from July 7 …
Read More »
[ad_1] DICT Sec. Gringo Honasan. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – NOW Telecom Company Inc. is not yet considered the fourth largest telecommunications company in the country, Department of Information and Communications (DICT) Secretary Gregorio Honasan II said Tuesday. “’Yung NOW po, Hindi po. From where we see it, after more …
Read More »
[ad_1] [ad_2]
Read More »
[ad_1] By The Yomiuri Shimbun / The Japan News / ANN TOKYO – In an attempt to strengthen national economic security, the government has formulated a stricter screening policy for visa applications from foreign students and researchers seeking to study or conduct research at universities in Japan. Behind the move, …
Read More »
[ad_1] The field for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is wide open ahead of Thursday’s announcement, with literary circles rowdy over whether the nod will go to another controversial election or will please the public. Names thrown into speculation include Caribbean-American author Jamaica Kincaid, Canadian poet Anne Carson, Kenyan …
Read More »
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said that, like his fierce critics, he also suspects that extrajudicial executions may have occurred under his anti-drug crackdown that has killed thousands of people. He said in televised statements on Monday night, October 5, that he had once investigated the brutal deaths and was told …
Read More »
[ad_1] Philippine Airlines will cut about a third of its workforce by the end of this year as part of a review triggered by crippling travel restrictions from the coronavirus. The pandemic has devastated the global aviation industry, forcing airlines to seek government bailouts, lay off workers and cut jobs. …
Read More »