Greta calls 2020 ‘year of action’ against climate change
Turin, Italy — Environmental activist Greta Thunberg urged young people in Italy on Friday to seize the next decade to fight climate change, and chastised…
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Review, freeze DENR effluent standards
Leaders of various industry groups and trade associations, joint foreign chambers, and a government agency are appealing to the Department of Environment and…
Exporters push for immediate corporate income tax cut
The umbrella organization of exporters in the country is pushing for the passage of a bill immediately reducing corporate income tax (CIT) rate to 20 percent…
Bundesbank slashes 2020 growth outlook
Frankfurt am Main, Germany — Germany’s central bank on Friday slashed its 2020 growth forecast for Europe’s largest economy in half, but said an export-powered…
Digital currencies: questions and answers
The IMF can help in three ways: by informing the policy debate, by convening relevant parties to discuss policy options, and by helping countries develop…
Gov’t intensifies SDG efforts
The government is ramping up efforts to achieve the targets defined under the so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with the creation of a…
China says ‘phase one’ trade deal reached with US
Beijing, China — China announced Friday a “phase one” trade deal with the United States that includes a progressive rollback of tariffs and the protection of…
World Bank fund for poor countries gets record boost
Paris, France — A key World Bank fund dedicated to lifting countries out of poverty has received a record $82 billion in funding and pledges for the next three…
Climate crisis is a child rights issue
A seven-year old boy stands in front of debris as hurricane “Irma” moves off from the northern coast of the Dominican Republic. UN photo
White Island bodies retrieved
NEW ZEALAND Defence Force’s elite soldiers take part in a mission to retrieve bodies from White Island after the 9 December volcanic eruption, off the coast…
EU carbon neutral by 2050
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — European Union (EU) leaders on Friday reached an agreement to work for carbon neutrality by 2050 — but without the agreement of…
Brexit triumph now sure
BRITAIN’S Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson speaks during a campaign event to celebrate the result of the General Election, in…
Nigeria charges men for homosexuality
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — A group of 47 men has appeared in a Nigerian court charged with homosexuality, a crime punishable by 14 years in prison in the country,…
Big trade deal forged
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States was poised Thursday to announce a historic trade deal with China, days before new tariffs are due to kick in between the…
Mini-Iraqi state rises
Iraq's anti-government protest encampment in Baghdad's Tahrir Square has become a mini state providing the kind of services demonstrators say their government…
Semis unwraps
For teams in the semis, it s eems like a long time between games, but for Ginebra, it seems like a really quick turnaround.
Redemption for Phl weightlifters
The Philippine weightlifting team got its redemption in the just-concluded 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
PSC: Path to title not easy
The program began immediately after the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur where we finished miserably at sixth place with only 24 gold medals to show.
‘Orphaned’ tracksters deliver
What made it even more challenging is that we are the only national sports association without a home. We were like orphans.
Tiger sits out
They have all been there, done that, have seen it, and their commitment to this, I couldn’t have done this without them.