PSEi down on profit taking after GDP, trade data
SHARES dropped on profit taking after the release of full-year 2022 Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) and trade data.The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went down by 38.66 points or 0.54% to close at 7,042.70 on Thursday, while the
Strikes cost Royal Mail £200m as it posts large loss
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Strike action at Royal Mail has cost the besieged postal company about £200 million, sending it to a large operating loss. International Distributions Services (IDS), the recently renamed parent company, posted operating losses at Royal Mail, its UK business,
Marcos wants to beef up maritime security duties of PHL Coast Guard
PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. wants the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to go beyond its sea rescue mission and maritime patrol duties to strengthen the country’s territorial defense, according to the presidential palace.Members of the PCG should become
Economists, legal experts frown upon charter change
AMENDING the Philippine Constitution should not be the top priority of Congress at this point, economists and legal luminaries said on Thursday, citing the need to focus more on measures that will address poverty and development as well as changing
Over 50% of Filipinos see POGOs as damaging
MICHAL PARZUCHOWSKI-UNSPLASHMORE THAN half of Filipinos believe offshore gaming operations are harmful to the Philippines, according to a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian.The survey, conducted from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, showed that 58% of 1,200
68 diplomatic protests sent to China under Marcos government
A CHINESE Coast Guard ship ‘shadowing’ a Philippine vessel on its way to deliver supplies on Dec. 17 to troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre, which is grounded in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. — WESTERN COMMAND-AFPTHE
Remains of Filipino worker murdered in Kuwait to be repatriated on Friday
THE REMAINS of a Filipino worker who was allegedly murdered by the 17-year-old son of her employer will be repatriated from Kuwait on Friday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Filipino domestic helper, Jullebee Cabilis Ranara, was reportedly
Proposed new term limits for president, VP opposed
FERDINAND “BONGBONG” R. MARCOS, JR. took his oath of office as the 17th president of the Philippines before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila on Thursday, June 30, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZJOHN
HMRC say that Nadhim Zahawi’s tax error wasn’t innocent mistake
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Nadhim Zahawi did not make an “innocent error” in his tax affairs, the head of HM Revenue & Customs has suggested. The Conservative Party chairman says HMRC told him he had made a “careless but not deliberate error” that
Slain labor activist’s wife appeals dismissal of murder raps vs cops
PHILIPPINE STAR/RUSSELL PALMATHE WIFE of slain labor activist Emmanuel Asuncion has asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to reconsider its decision clearing 17 cops linked to the murder of her husband during a series of police raids in March 2021