PH, EU reach 'substantial agreement" on free trade deal
Sep 22, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — ACEN Corp., the listed energy arm of the Ayala Group, has moved to abandon two service contracts involving solar power projects in Quezon province and Zambales amid land issues. In a regulatory filing on Monday, the renewable energy producer said its subsidiaries have surrendered Solar Energy Operating Contracts No. 2024-08-938 and No. 2021-05-582.
When Tung Chee-hwa died, the obituaries predictably described a Hong Kong shipping mogul who became the city’s first postcolonial chief executive. How his government navigated the Asian financial crisis and severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) epidemic and its retreat from Article 23 were highlighted. There was less attention paid to the political hybrid he embodied. Tung sat as vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines — Cagayan Vice Gov. Manuel Mamba began serving his 90-day preventive suspension on Monday, Sept. 21, after the Regional Trial Court in Batac, Ilocos Norte, denied his motion for reconsideration. Mamba said he respected the court’s order, stressing that the suspension was “not a penalty but a procedural requirement.” He said he
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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Transport group PISTON announced on Tuesday that it would hold a two-day transport strike next week to protest against the continued rise in fuel prices.
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, the leader casting the longest shadow over the meeting will not even be in the building. Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday – two days after Takaichi meets the US leader on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. It will be Xi’s first state visit to the US in over 10 years. Faced with an unpredictable American president eager for tangible results...
BIS Hanoi's Class of 2026 achieved an average International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme score of 35.15, above the global average of 30.88, with two students earning the maximum 45 points.
The race for the world’s foremost diplomat shines a spotlight on the crises the global organization faces
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The remains of a resident of Pudtol, Apayao were recovered near Dacao Dam on Sunday, Sept. 20, three days after she was reported missing, the municipal government said. Revelyn Balatoc was reported missing on Sept. 17, prompting the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to activate its Emergency Operations Center
MANILA, Philippines — Some call center agents, whose graveyard shift forces them to adjust their body clock to sleep during the day, chose to forego their daytime slumber and join Monday’s anti-corruption march, which began at Liwasang Bonifacio. Kean Kumalat, one of 47 members of the BPO Industry Employees Network Philippines (BIEN) chapter in Cubao,
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