BW FILE PHOTOA recent poll among business leaders revealed that 52% of the respondents are still bearish about the Philippine business environment, expecting full recovery from the pandemic to take two more years to happen. This goes against expectations of international organizations like the World

MALACAÑANG PHOTO BUREAU PRESIDENT BENIGNO C. AQUINO III receives a Topographical Map of Mindanao from Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on July 27, 2013. — MALACAÑANG PHOTO BUREAUOn July 13, the foreign secretaries of the Philippines and Japan reaffirmed the strategic partnership between the

IT’S BEEN a bad few weeks for Vladimir Putin. First, a significant strategic defeat in Ukraine, after a stunning counteroffensive that dealt a blow to the Kremlin’s ambitions in the east. Then, what was supposed to be a gathering of likeminded leaders in Uzbekistan mostly served

BRANDON MORALES-UNSPLASHIZIUM, Ukraine — Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow’s occupation forces in the Donbas region as Kyiv seeks more Western arms.“The occupiers are clearly in a

DAVID EMRICH-UNSPLASHBy Michael Martina and David BrunnstromWASHINGTON -— Overshadowed by US President Joseph R. Biden’s headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint at possibly shifting US policy to support the island’s right to self-determination.Though the White House

SAW WUNNA-UNSPLASHNEW YORK — Southeast Asian nations must decide if they are going to push ahead with a so-far failed five-point peace plan for Myanmar or “decide what’s next” before their leaders meet in November, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on Monday.Myanmar has been

Lucky Me!/FacebookLucky Me, a line of instant noodles under Monde Nissin Corp., emerged as both Brand of the Decade and Most Chosen Brand of 2021, according to data compiled by marketing data and analytics company Kantar Group. The noodle brand, which landed in the news this

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY – The Inter-American Development Bank‘s (IDB) board of directors on Monday began reviewing an independent report on whistleblower allegations that the bank‘s chief, Mauricio Claver-Carone, had an intimate relationship with a staffer and misused IDB funds, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.Latin America’s main development bank, which is headquartered in Washington, hired legal firm Davis Polk

STOCK PHOTO - Pixabay.comNEW YORK – France said on Monday that there would not be a better offer for Iran to revive a nuclear deal with world powers and it was up to Tehran to decide now with the EU coordinator for the talks saying he saw little chance of progress this week.Months of indirect talks

STOCK PHOTO | Image by DEZALB from PixabayEcuador has reached an agreement to restructure its debt with Chinese banks, the government said in a statement on Monday, providing debt relief worth some $1.4 billion until 2025.Ecuador‘s President Guillermo Lasso announced in February that he was looking to restructure the country’s debt and improve the conditions of long-term oil