South East Asia

Warner Bros Discovery Inc is borrowing a page from the Walt Disney Co playbook, saying it will lean into its popular entertainment franchises including Superman, Batman, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Chief executive David Zaslav said that after comp...

NEW YORK -A U.S. Labor Department report on Thursday showed that new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a persistently tight labor market. The readings for the fourth-quarter personal consumption expenditures (PCE) p...

TOKYO Nearly half of Japanese firms say that new leadership at the central bank should revise its negative interest rate policies, while more than a quarter say its price target should be changed, according to a Reuters monthly poll. The government nomina...

CEBU CITY, Philippines Two women were killed while a big bike driver remains in critical condition in a vehicular accident that happened past 3 a.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023, in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City. Rena Rose Fuego, a call center agent, who...

TOKYO Japan's core consumer inflation hit a fresh 41-year high in January as companies passed on higher costs to households, data showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure to phase out its massive stimulus program. The data underscores...

MANILA, Philippines — One of the suspects in the killing of a tourist from New Zealand has surrendered to authorities on Friday morning, the police said. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the alleged gunman, John Mar Manalo, turned himself in ...

Police have put up reward money of P500,000 (NZD14,562) for the arrest of one of the robbers who shot dead a New Zealand tourist in Makati City over the weekend. At a press briefing on Thursday at the Southern Police District headquarters in Fort Bonifaci...

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Thursday told visiting members of the European Parliament that the government is willing and able to prosecute violations of human and civil rights, including the more than 8,000 killings perpetrated during the D...

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has extended the franchises or provisional authority of individual jeepney operators up to June 30, giving them more time to comply with the consolidation requirements of the government'...

In a rare presidential act, President Marcos personally went to the Japan Embassy in Taguig City to attend a reception for Japan's National Foundation Day, celebrated on Feb. 11, and the public holiday marking the 63rd birthday of Emperor Naruhito on ...

House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas sought a public apology from Sen. Robinhood Padilla who claimed he could no longer engage in "panchi-chicks (womanizing)" working in the legislature, a pronouncement which "reeked of misogyny and t...

Martial law survivors, activists and civil society groups vow not to let the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution—the first commemoration under the second Marcos presidency—go gently into the night. They laid out on Thursd...

President Marcos declared Friday, Feb. 24, a special nonworking day nationwide to create a long weekend and allow an earlier commemoration of the Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled his father's dictatorship in 1986. Proclamation No. 167, signed...

The main proponent of Charter change (Cha-cha) at the House of Representatives conceded that there was no guarantee that a constitutional convention (Con-con), once formed, would stick to only tweaking economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. House c...

The Supreme Court has had it with a lawyer who had once been suspended for serious misconduct and then snubbed an investigation of another alleged wrongdoing in which he claimed that he could bribe appellate justices to overturn the drug conviction of a c...

Meralco has to fight "tooth and nail" to put itself in a good position to make a deep playoff run in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup.If it's any consolation, coach Norman Black and the Bolts aren't alone in that pr...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it was planning to revise its rules in responding to threats and harassment against its vessels and personnel following the Chinese coast guard's use of a high-intensity laser that temporarily blinded some crew me...

"Sari-sari" stores in the country were not spared by the high inflation environment at the start of the year, with the prices of food items in these small neighborhood retail shops rising by almost a fifth last month, according to a study conducte...

BACOLOD CITY—Leaders of the sugar industry have called on the House of Representatives and the Senate to conduct a full-blown investigation into the alleged smuggling of sugar that was exposed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday. In a joint statement...

President Marcos said he is "very seriously" reviewing an executive order (EO), issued by former President Rodrigo Duterte, implementing the Supreme Court's 2018 ruling on the correct share of local governments in national taxes. Speaking duri...

Justin Brownlee will debut as a Filipino national team mainstay on Friday when Gilas Pilipinas battles Lebanon in an Asian Qualifier showdown between two countries that have already booked tickets to the Fiba (International Basketball Federation) World Cu...

Despite looming air fare increases due to higher fuel surcharges, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) on Thursday said the country's air passenger traffic is projected to reach prepandemic levels this year. Speaking at the Laging Handa public briefing, ...

The country's daily COVID-19 caseload has stayed below 100 for two straight days, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Latest figures from the COVID-19 tracker, 86 fresh infections were recorded on Wednesday, slightly up from 82 new cases reco...

Choco Mucho wasn't going down against a team that has not been winning of late.Big Kat made sure of that.Cramp-stricken Kat Tolentino bared her claws and powered the depleted Flying Titans past an Army-Black Mamba side that stubbornly gunned for an en...

SAN FRANCISCO - Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is making "good progress" but will miss at least one more week as he recovers from left knee and leg injuries, the NBA team said Wednesday.Curry suffered partial tears to his knee ligaments ...

The Board of Investments (BOI) on Thursday revised its target investment approvals this year to P1.5 trillion, 50 percent higher than what was initially set, banking on its strong performance at the start of the year and the outstanding volume of investme...

Short-term foreign investments or "hot money" registered with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) skyrocketed to $292 million in January 2023, about 20 times as large as the $14.6 million recorded in January 2022. This was also more than triple ...

One of the largest public-private partnership projects in the country might have been delayed by the pandemic, but it's very much on track to proceed with a partial opening by 2025. Of course, we're talking about the Makati City subway project sin...

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has extended the suspension of feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) collection for another six months starting March this year to provide additional relief to electricity users. This means power distributors won't ...

Swelling loan books and a thriving postpandemic Philippine economy pushed up earnings of Ty family-led banking giant Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) to a record high in 2022 after profits soared 48 percent to P32.8 billion. This was nearly 17 pe...

Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corp. pared down its net loss to P22 million in 2022 from P32.5 million last year on the back of improved Galoc oil field operations and reduced expenses. In a disclosure on Thursday, PXP Energy said consolidated net loss attribu...

Philippine share prices extended losses on Thursday after a summary of the recent US Federal Reserve policy meeting revealed continued wariness over high inflation while foreigners continued to dump local stocks. By the closing bell, the benchmark Philipp...

Logistics service provider 2GO Group Inc. returned to profitability last year after booking a robust revenue growth supported by the economy's rebound. In a disclosure on Thursday, the SM Investments Corp. subsidiary reported it realized profits amoun...

For agriculture, we can turn the disadvantages of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) into advantages. RCEP's danger is mainly because (partially illegal) imports will cause more damage to our agriculture sector. This is because goo...

PetroWind Energy Inc. (PWEI), a unit of Yuchengco Group's PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC), obtained a P1.8-billion loan from state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for a wind project in Aklan. PetroEnergy, in a disclosure on Thursday, ...

Kristine Alvarez-Go is the general manager of Unilever Nutrition for Southeast Asia and a member of the board of Unilever Philippines. She won the 2022 Tambuli Asia Pacific CMO (chief marketing officer) of the Year, among other awards. In this interview, ...

Maria Lourdes Santos did not invent the iconic Jollibee Chicken Joy, which has captured the palates not just of Filipinos but people in those countries where the giant food franchise has established itself. But the millions of Jollibee patrons, who have f...

MANILA, Philippines --- PLDT leaned on the pair of Mich Morente and Mean Mendrez to outlast Petro Gazz, 21-25, 31-29, 25-21, 21-25, 15-13, to extend its winning run to three games for the share of the 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino lead on Th...

MANILA, Philippines --- Regine Arocha proved her worth in her first start this 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference as she helped the depleted Choco Mucho to end a two-game skid.With Des Cheng sitting out due to stomach flu, Arocha stepp...

MANILA, Philippines--Maverick Ahanmisi went off in the second half to finish with a career-high 31 points as Converge assured itself of a place in the PBA Governors' Cup quarterfinals by defeating Blackwater, 98-90, on Thursday at Philsports Arena in ...

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. shared his plans for a digital farmer registry and food balance sheet to improve Philippine agriculture. Marcos shared his plans after meeting with the Agriculture Sector Group of the Private Sector Adviso...

KYIV Ukraine's central bank unveiled a commemorative banknote on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion, with one side depicting three soldiers raising the national flag. The other side of the 20-hryvnia ($0.54) note features ...

Formula One kicked off three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday with Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen starting as he means to carry on.The Dutch 25-year-old was top of the morning timesheets at Sakhir, although teams were...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government wants 'just compensation' from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the latter is set to start civil works for the much-delayed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia...

MANILA, Philippines --- Ateneo coach Oliver Almadro is pinning his hopes on co-captains Faith Nisperos and Vanie Gandler in leading the young Blue Eagles as they seek to bounce back this UAAP Season 85 women's volleyball tournament after failed title ...

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Danao City Mayor Thomas Mark Durano visited the Mandaue City Public Market on Thursday, February 23, to adopt the good practices and programs implemented at the market. Durano is with the department heads of Danao City Ha...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Chinese national was wounded after he was stabbed allegedly by at least 10 unidentified men, who were believed to be also allegedly Chinese nationals. This happened inside the parking lot of a tea house in Barangay Tipolo ...

MANILA, Philippines --- A cramp-stricken Kat Tolentino came to the rescue for the depleted Choco Mucho to overcome a gritty Army-Black Mamba side in five sets, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-27, 15-11, and regain its winning ways in the 2023 Premier Volleyball L...

MANILA, Philippines--Meralco used a big run that began late in the first quarter on its way to a 114-98 victory over NLEX and snap a two-game skid in the PBA Governors' Cup on Thursday at Philsports Arena in Pasig City.The Bolts scored 22 straight poi...

MANILA, Philippines --- Eya Laure is eager to settle her unfinished business in the UAAP Season 85 women's volleyball tournament as she leads a revamped University of Santo Tomas team.Laure, last season's top scorer with a total of 272 points in t...