It’s 9 a.m. Wednesday and the “Big One” was supposed to have just struck Metro Manila. What to do? Authorities first sounded a 45-second long siren to signal the start of this year’s Shake Drill to check how prepared officials, ordinary folks and community leaders are to handle the aftermath of a magnitude 7.2 quake […]
The Philippines has emerged as among the world’s most promising destinations of foreign investments in the next three years, according to the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTD). In its World Investment Report 2016, UNCTD said the US, China and India remain the top destinations of investments by multinational enterprises (MNEs) between this […]
Smartphone spending in the Philippines is now the fastest in the Southeast Asian region driven by surging consumer demand on a very nascent market populated by active players according to market research firm IDC. A total of 3.5 million smartphones were shipped to the Philippines in the first quarter of the year, up by a […]
Residents who are 18 or younger are not allowed on the street without an adult between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Liquor cannot be sold after 1 a.m. Smoking is banned throughout the city, except in a few designated areas. A party town? Maybe not, but many people who live here in Davao City, where […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) were named among the 100 top universities in Asia in an annual list by Quacquarelli Symonds. The QS University Rankings: Asia released Tuesday ranked UP 70th in Asia with an overall score of 58.40, retaining its 2015 ranking. AdMu, meanwhile, scored 47.80 to […]
Philippine authorities are examining whether a severed head found on a southern island in Sulu province belonged to a Canadian hostage abducted by Islamic insurgents last September.Police and the military on Monday night announced that the head may belong to a foreigner and was found on a street in the town of Jolo.Last September, a […]
SG Holdings, the parent of courier Sagawa Express, has formed a tie-up with Philippine logistics giant LBC Express, the Japanese company said Friday. SG will conduct package delivery in the Southeast Asian nation by tapping the logistics network of the Manila-based company, which has some 1,100 locations nationwide. SG has handled business-to-business shipments in the country but now […]
The Philippines has seen two changes to its sociopolitical landscape in recent weeks, both of which could radically change the pace of economic growth. Most notable was the resounding victory of Rodrigo Duterte in the country’s presidential election. The populist firebrand mayor of Davao won largely on the back of a bombastic, albeit vague, law-and-order […]
China has urged the Philippines to stop its bid to have an international court settle their territorial disputes in the South China Sea.China claims jurisdiction over almost all of the sea.The Philippines has filed an appeal with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, saying China’s claims are unacceptable under international law. The court […]
UN rights experts on Monday urged President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop instigating deadly violence, especially against journalists, slamming his comments as dangerously irresponsible. UN expert on summary executions Christof Heyns described recent remarks by Duterte as “irresponsible in the extreme, and unbecoming of any leader.” Duterte, 71, who won the presidential election last month, on […]
