Can you ever really verify a photo? That’s a question media outlets are facing with renewed scrutiny in the wake of two ‘digitally enhanced’ images of the Royal Family. But they’re far from the only establishment to distribute handout images to the media, and they’re also not the first to …
Read More »Grizzlies get their bearings after emerging from winter slumber
Even with the heavy snowfall that just hit southern Alberta, it’s still springtime, and some well-known bears across the Canadian Rockies are emerging from hibernation. Experts say large males are the grizzlies that typically emerge from torpor first. Even with the heavy snowfall that hit southern Alberta this week, it’s …
Read More »China’s Xi calls for closer US trade ties
BEIJING: China's leader Xi Jinping called for closer trade ties with the United States during a meeting on Wednesday with top American business leaders in Beijing that came amid a steady improvement in relations that had sunk to the lowest level in years. Xi emphasized the mutually beneficial economic ties …
Read More »Give it to Gibo
Among the measures proposed to ease the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the most sensible comes from no less than the Defense Secretary himself. Gilberto Teodoro, now on his second stint as Defense Secretary, recently made headlines with his daring proposition to Beijing: to submit their territorial …
Read More »Bully’s 3 wars
While the intensity of the sea skirmishes has increased, an armed conflict is not likely as China is making a calculated move using gray zone tactics in asserting its illegal claim on the West Philippine Sea. Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who has been at the forefront of the …
Read More »Marcos: Philippines won’t be ‘cowed into silence, submission’ by China
The President of the Philippines Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and the German Chancellor (not in picture) address a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, on March 12, 2024. (AFP / Tobias Schwarz) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday the Philippines will not be bullied into …
Read More »Carpio: Duterte exceeded authority in ‘gentleman’s agreement’
Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (PNA file photo) MANILA – Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday said former President Rodrigo Duterte acted beyond his authority and surrendered the country’s rights if he did indeed enter into a “gentleman’s agreement’ with China not to maintain BRP Sierra Madre, the Philippine …
Read More »Roque: Xi, Duterte agreed to keep West Philippines Sea status quo
In this November 2017 photo, President Rodrigo Duterte meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Vietnam./Presidential Photo MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines under former president Rodrigo Duterte had a “gentleman’s agreement” with China to keep the status quo in the West Philippine Sea, …
Read More »House prices up 6.5% in Q4 2023 — BSP
Residential real estate prices across all types of housing units increased by 6.5 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest Residential Real Estate Price Index (RREPI) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The fourth quarter 2023 house prices however was lower than the 12.9 …
Read More »Philippine growth to continue ahead of regional peers — S&P Global
S&P Global Ratings slightly revised its 2024 economic growth forecast for the Philippines to 5.9 percent from its earlier estimate of six percent, on continuing headwinds from last year’s high inflation and low investments, but said the country will perform relatively well versus regional peers. For 2025, the credit rating …
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