Credit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:20:36 +0000
The Philippine manufacturing sector continued to expand in February, with the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) hitting a 15-month high, the latest IHS Markit survey showed. Results released on Monday revealed the indicator rose to 52.3 from 52.1 in the previous month. The figure is the highest since the 54.2 recorded in November 2018. The PMI […]
Read moreCredit to Author: CECILIO T. ARILLO| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:20:23 +0000
First of a series If there is anything to learn from the so-called EDSA Revolution 34 years ago last Tuesday, it is that it has not only become a long avenue of questions, regrets and flawed political, social and economic policies but a source of continuing hatred, vengeance and disunity that continue to imperil the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:20:15 +0000
GLOBAL demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) grew by 12.5 percent to 359 million tonnes in 2019, according to Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook’ a significant increase that bolsters LNG’s growing role in the transition to a lower-carbon energy system. 2019 saw key developments that are helping to reshape the industry, namely: an industry record […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:19:37 +0000
THE outstanding debt of the national government rose to P7.76 trillion at the end of January this year, mainly due to net availment of foreign financing, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported on Monday. In a statement, the BTr said the amount was a 0.4-percent or P32.05-billion increase from the P7.73 trillion posted at […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jomar Canlas, TMT| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:19:09 +0000
Retired chief justice Artemio Panganiban on Monday said the quo warranto petition filed against ABS-CBN Corp. by the solicitor general was improper and that there were other remedies available to the network. Panganiban said Congress has the power to review the franchise renewal, but not the high court via a quo warranto proceeding. “Congress can say […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:19:01 +0000
Mayor Edwin Olivarez seems highly gratified and honored following the announcement of the Department of Interior and Local Government that Parañaque City was among the 1,706 LGUs throughout the country to be conferred with 2019 Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping as it recognizes again the City’s good performance in areas of sound fiscal management, transparency […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:55:38 +0000
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Sunday he would not be taking part in a planned six-day spiritual retreat south of Rome after coming down with a “cold.” The 83-year-old pontiff suffered two coughing spells that forced him to turn away from the crowd and cover his mouth with his fist on a windy and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:03:06 +0000
SEOUL: North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang declared its moratorium on long-range missile tests over. The move comes as nuclear negotiations with the United States are at a standstill and as a unilateral deadline Pyongyang set Washington to offer it fresh concessions on sanctions relief expired. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:44:35 +0000
Four Philippine missions shortened their office operations and enforced online appointments as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak The Philippine Embassy in Tehran, Iran shortened its operating hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon local time because of the rising number of confirmed cases of the Covid-19. “All embassy clients […]
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