WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/WIKIPEDIA KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib’s judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict. Najib was jailed last year after Malaysia’s Federal Court upheld a guilty verdict and 12-year prison sentence handed down to him by a lower court. Najib can no longer challenge the conviction in ...
A person holds Japan’s national flag at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2020. — REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON TOKYO – Japan bans Russia-bound exports of steel, aluminum and aircraft including drones in its latest sanction against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the trade ministry said on Friday. The measure, which also prohibits Japanese entities from exporting a wide variety of ...
It may be too soon for the Philippine central bank to pause from raising interest rates at its next policy meeting in May, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla said, signaling its most aggressive tightening cycle in two decades could continue. May is “too early” to pause, “unless we actually see a price fall,” Mr. Medalla said in ...
People eat at a restaurant in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Jan. 26, 2023. -- REUTERS/Lisa Marie David MANILA – Philippine annual inflation in March was expected to come in between 7.4% and 8.2%, with downward pressure seen from lower prices of petroleum and some food items, the central bank said on Friday, ahead of the release of the data ...
REUTERS NEW YORK – Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. The specific charges are not yet known, as the indictment remains under seal. CNN ...
REUTERS SYDNEY – Asian shares were headed for a second quarterly gain on Friday while bonds were enjoying the best month since 2008, but the market was braced for a stormy session after an upside surprise in German CPI raised the stakes for US inflation data. Also making headlines on Friday, Donald Trump was indicted after a probe into hush ...
In attendance during the opening were (L-R) PNB Capital President Gerry Valenciano, Cong. Harry Angping, Michael Ornido, Cold Chain Association President Anthony Dizon, NMIS Deputy Executive Director Roberto Umali, MITA President Jesus Cham, Naic Vice-Mayor Junio C. Dualan, Phil. Business Bank Chairman Emeritus Amb. Alfredo M. Yao, Department of Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban, First Atkins Deputy CEO Hillary ...
Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda on Wednesday underscored the urgency of amending the country’s 26-year old Intellectual Property (IP) Code to protect some 6.89 million Filipinos in the P1.60-trillion creatives industry, a top contributor to the economy that is under constant threat of worsening content piracy. In his speech read by Neil Gane, Head of Content Protection, Asia Pacific ...
Brace yourselves for the return of the only All-Filipino Food & Beverage expo in the country! Supporting local growers and entrepreneurs while featuring native delicacies and gourmet offerings, the Philippine Food Expo makes a much-awaited comeback with its 15th edition this April 28-30 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. Organized by the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization, (Philfoodex) ...
Photo from FREEPIK The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently released its AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023, which summed up its five years of reports. In a statement, the IPCC said that the challenge needed to limit warming to 1.5°C becomes greater now since it stressed such a challenge in 2018, as greenhouse gas emissions continued to ...