About 4,000 visitors Thursday got a peak at Expocity, the new 170,000-sq.-meter shopping and entertainment complex build on the site of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture. Developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. hopes to see ¥60 billion in annual revenue from the complex, which stands in Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita. At the opening […]
The tourism industry is seen as the next growth driver of the Philippines, an economist said. Cayetano Paderanga, an economics professor at the University of the Philippines, said that aside from revenues from business process outsourcing (BPO) and remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFW), the country’s tourism sector has the potential to drive economic growth. […]
If Tropical Storm In-fa hits the country, it will only be the 13th cyclone to hit the country this year compared to an average of 18 to 20 cyclones annually. The weather bureau is monitoring a growing tropical storm in the Pacific currently threatening Guam which may come near the Philipinnes. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Barack Obama are meeting after attending an APEC meeting in the Philippines. They are believed to be discussing a variety of issues, including the Paris terror attacks, the situation in the East and South China seas, and ways of working together to strengthen the Japan-US alliance. The […]
A bank in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, has assigned a humanoid robot the job of welcoming and entertaining customers. In a ceremony at the head office of the Kitakyushu Bank on Tuesday, President Toshio Kato read out a letter of appointment to the robot. The android responded by introducing itself as Pepper No.3, the new […]
Magkakasunod na minasaker ang limang magkakamag-anak kabilang ang tatlong bata matapos pagbabarilin ng mga di-kilalang kalalakihan sa loob ng kanilang bahay sa Purok 1, Barangay Ugalingan sa bayan ng Carmen, North Cotabato noong Lunes ng gabi. Kinilala ang mga napatay na sina Ebrahim Agal, 50; Sara Agal, 9; Pama Agal, 10; Mustafa Agal, 12; at […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Manila to attend a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Leaders of the 21 Pacific Rim economies, including Japan, the United States and China, will discuss ways of further integrating their markets. On Wednesday, Abe will also meet leaders of nations participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. […]
At least 14 Filipinos were killed and scores were wounded on Monday afternoon when a coaster van they were riding in collided with a delivery truck in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed in Manila on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary Charles Jose, spokesperson for the DFA, said the Philippine embassy in Riyadh has received […]
Tatlo-katao ang napatay habang isa naman ang grabeng nasugatan matapos na pagbabarilin ng mga di-kilalang kalalakihan sa panibagong karahasan naganap sa Purok 3, Barangay Upper Sicpao sa bayan ng Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur kamakalawa ng gabi. Kinilala ang mga napatay na sina Jorge Cataga, 57; Neri Cataga, 53; at si Zean Lavaro, 2. Patuloy namang ginagamot […]
The father of a 2-year-old boy and his girlfriend have been arrested for child abuse after he posted a video on Facebook that showed him forcing the boy to inhale directly from a cigarette. Police on Monday arrested the boy’s father, Shun Habuchi, 24, reportedly from Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, and his 16-year-old girlfriend for forcing […]
