Second of two partsIN BRIEF: • Major shifts in the global market along with rising geopolitical tensions may propel organizations to adapt and rethink their strategies.• According to the EY 2024 Geostrategic Outlook, organizations will need to consider two critical concepts as they plan for geopolitical

THE BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, is pictured in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — REUTERSTHE UNITED STATES at the weekend condemned China’s “dangerous

MAOXIAOLING liquor-filled chocolate, made by China’s luxury liquor brand Kweichow Moutai in collaboration with Mars, Inc.-owned Dove, is officially launched in Shanghai, China on Sept. 16, 2023. — REUTERSCHINA’s top envoy to the Philippines should avoid “veiled threats” against Manila and its allies to avoid

CROCUS CITY HALL in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, the scene of the Friday night attack. — COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORGPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has condemned a shooting rampage in Russia that killed at least 115 people before the performance of a Soviet-era musical band inside a concert hall.“I

JCOMP-FREEPIKTHE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) on Sunday urged oil companies to prepare for Holy Week by mobilizing assistance along national highways, major roads, tollways and areas leading to pilgrimage sites.“Let us assist them in safely navigating their way during these busy travel periods by implementing

THE DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has declared 28,000 villages free of illegal drugs after a year of its intensified campaign.The agency arrested 95,790 drug users and seized P21 billion worth of illegal narcotics in 75,831 operations, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin

PHILSTARTHE PHILIPPINE Supreme Court (SC) has cleared former Gamu, Isabela Mayor Fernando O. Gumicad of graft over the local government’s purchase of fuel products from his wife’s gasoline station.In a 39-page resolution made public recently, the High Court said prosecutors had failed to prove that

COTABATO CITY — Rural Transit Mindanao, Inc. (RTMI) on Friday launched its direct bus route between the cities of Zamboanga and Cotabato, which local officials said would boost trade and commerce in the Bangsamoro region.“It is good for the business climate of the Bangsamoro region,”

THE PHILIPPINE Supreme Court (SC) has upheld an appellate court decision that found a hotel company violating the Foreign Investments Act (FIA) after it failed to report to the corporate regulator a change in the nationality of its majority owner. “The FIA relevantly provides that a

RUELLE CANINO — FACEBOOK.COM/NCFPCHESSDREAMS do come true.Prodigious Ruelle Canino realized hers on Sunday after claiming one of the three berths to the national team seeing action in the FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary this September.It was sealed by a slambang 83-move draw with