BANGKOK: Asian economies are not doing as well as they could, and growth in the region is forecast to slow to 4.5 percent this year from 5.1 percent in 2023, the World Bank said in a report released on Monday. Debt, trade barriers and policy uncertainties are dulling the region’s …
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Why next week’s solar eclipse has scientists so excited
From the discovery of helium to Einstein, solar eclipses are more than a jaw-dropping spectacle. While total eclipses are stunning to watch, there’s also a lot of science to be done — and you can contribute. In less than a week, the midday sky across a narrow swath of Canada, …
Read More »China’s trump card
Thus far, the DFA has been stuck in a cycle of issuing note verbales, filing diplomatic protests, and summoning the Chinese Ambassador, Huang Xilian, which Beijing merely shrugged off. Since August last year, the Senate has adopted a resolution seeking Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) action to bring the increasingly …
Read More »Assertion on Duterte’s ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with China exaggerated – Imee
An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023 shows Philippine ship BRP Sierra Madre grounded on Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the South China Sea. (AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa) MANILA, Philippines — There was a bit of exaggeration in the assertion of retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio …
Read More »Fishers call creation of maritime security council ‘redundant, insignificant’
This photo taken on September 20, 2023 shows fishermen aboard their wooden boats passing on a bag of food supplied by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ship Datu Bankaw, near the Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (AFP / Ted Aljibe) MANILA, …
Read More »Rebates rise as carbon price increases to $80 per tonne
The federal carbon tax and its associated rebates rise today as the national price on carbon increases from $65 per tonne to $80. Starting today, a litre of gasoline will cost an extra 3.3 cents. The federal carbon tax and its associated rebates rise today as the national price on …
Read More »Marcos vows to work with PNP vs cybercrime, terrorism
President Marcos has expressed his intention to work with the Philippine National Police (PNP) in addressing cybercrime, terrorism, and transnational crimes as he named its new leader on Monday, April 1. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he swore into office Police Major General Rommel …
Read More »Quiboloy still obliged to attend Senate probe — Carpio
Preacher Apollo Quiboloy (Facebook / Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy) MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court (SC) senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said that doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy is required to attend the investigations in both houses of Congress against him. Citing a ruling of the SC, the former magistrate said …
Read More »Trump’s historic trial starts this month. Here’s what will happen
This is the month Donald Trump goes to trial. It’s the first criminal trial in history for a U.S. president. What will happen in this New York hush-money case? Five legal experts weigh in on the timeline, the verdict and the potential sentence. The timeline, the verdict, the sentence: 5 …
Read More »Blind people can hear, feel April’s total solar eclipse
WASHINGTON, D.C.: While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event. Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting …
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