After trending on Twitter following her controversial one-liner post, Lea Salonga clarified that it was never her intention to curse the Philippines. Last week, the music icon expressed her thoughts …
No Missing Wirecard Funds in Philippines: Central Bank
None of Wirecard AG’s missing $2.1 billion of cash entered the Philippine financial system, according to the nation’s central bank, after two of its major lenders denied holding funds for the German …
Grameen Foundation, J.P. Morgan deliver COVID-19 relief in the Philippines
Grameen Foundation has launched COVID-19 Relief (Response to Enhance Livelihoods of Individual Entrepreneurs and Families) in the Philippines. Supported by J.P. Morgan, the program will provide …
Wirecard’s billions not in Philippines: Central bank
MANILA/FRANKFURT • None of the US$2.1 billion (S$2.9 billion) missing from scandal-hit German payments firm Wirecard appears to have entered the Philippine financial system, the central bank said …
Central bank says Wirecard’s missing funds didn’t enter Philippines
According to a Reuters report, BDO Unibank and Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) said documents appearing to show Wirecard had deposited funds with them were false. “The initial report is that no …
Wirecard’s missing billions not in the Philippines, central bank says
Wirecard was said to have $2.1 billion in two Philippine banks, but the country’s central bank said that documents linking them to the money were fake. The German financial startup has been marred by …
Philippines coal imports continue to rise
The Philippines continues to rely heavily on coal imports as it has consumed more imported coal than it produced last year, according to the Department of Energy.
Trump should denounce this assault on press freedom in the Philippines. Instead, he’s imitating it.
Authoritarianism creeps forward in Maria Ressa’s conviction in Manila and Michael Pack’s takeover of federal news agencies in the United States.
Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: Cases in Philippines exceed 30,000, Bangladesh reports 3,531 new cases
A man holding a child walks outside a street market in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 20, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) — Bangladesh reports 3,531 new COVID-19 cases, 39 more deaths; — COVID-19 cases in Philippines …
‘Recovery slowest in Philippines’
Economic recovery in the Philippines will likely be among the slowest in Asia because of prolonged lockdowns and the continued rise in the number of cases of the coronavirus disease 2019, according to …