Philippine distiller Emperador, one of the core businesses of Alliance Global Group, on Tuesday said it has purchased Beam Suntory’s brandy and sherry businesses in Spain in the latest deal that underscores Southeast Asian companies’ hunger for growth. Emperador, already the world’s largest brandy producer in 2013, paid 275 million euros ($291 million) for the […]
The Philippines has refuted China’s claims over islands in the South China Sea, during weeklong proceedings at an arbitration court in The Hague. China is boycotting the session, saying disputes over territories in the South China Sea should be settled by the parties concerned. A government delegation from the Philippines wrapped up its oral arguments […]
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said that he wants to be hero as he laid out his plans should he be elected as president in next year’s elections. “Why is it that no one from Visayas or Mindanao is recognized as a hero, want to be a hero?” Duterte said. […]
Local oil companies are increasing the pump prices of petroleum products effective Tuesday (Dec. 1), partially offsetting the substantial price rollbacks implemented last week. According to their separate advisories, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Petron Philippines will increase prices of gasoline products by 45 centavos per liter; diesel by 20 centavos a liter; and of kerosene by 10 centavos […]
Police have received a flurry of complaints from travelers, including one Japanese, about airport workers here demanding hush money after apparently planting bullets in passengers’ luggage. Police are heightening their monitoring of Manila International Airport staff through surveillance cameras. According to police, 514 bullets were confiscated at the airport between January and October this year, […]
Sa Women’s Desk ng Manila Police District Headquarters, nahihiyang ikinuwento ng anim na babae kung paano sila na-rescue mula sa kasamahan na binugaw sila umano sa halagang P5,000 kada isa. Ang buong akala nila, overnight swimming lang ang mangyayari. Pero pagdating sa kanto ng UN Avenue at Taft Avenue, nasorpresa na lang sila ng papasukin […]
China on Wednesday harshly criticized the Philippines’ case against it at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea, calling the process a “political provocation.” A day after a court in the Netherlands began hearing the case, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeatedly said the Philippine’s action is “unilateral” and it […]
Officials say the Philippine economy expanded 6 percent in the third quarter and forecast the same growth rate for the full year. The main driver of the economy in the third quarter was service industries, which expanded 7.3 percent. That was the fastest pace since 2013. Agriculture grew 0.4 percent compared with a decline of […]
Nasunog ang ticketing booth at canteen malapit sa entrance ng Manila Zoo sa Malate, Maynila kagabi. Sa paunang imbestigasyon ng Bureau of Fire Protection, nagmula ang sunog sa sirang electrical stove na ginagamit sa pagluluto ng mga nagtatrabaho sa zoo. Muntik din itong umabot sa bodegang nagsisilbing headquarters ng animal keepers kung hindi ito naagapan […]
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised Tuesday the alert level at Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island from 0 to 1 following a steam explosion on Monday night. Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said no evacuation was ordered, but people, including mountaineers, are barred from entering the four-kilometer-radius permanent danger zone due to the […]
