ICT UPDATE | Hitachi Vantara announces key executive promotions
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced two key promotions to its executive team.
U.S. dismisses fears of wider war after deadly Syria clashes
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces overnight that may have left 100 or more of them dead.
Pinay missing after Taiwan quake confirmed dead
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office confirmed Thursday night that the Filipina reported missing after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Hualien, Taiwan on Tuesday had died.
WATCH | ICC probe is chance for PH to address ‘rights crisis’ – Callamard
A United Nations human rights expert urged the government to see the preliminary examination the International Criminal Court into alleged extrajudicial killings in the “war on drugs” as an “opportunity to turn a definite page” in the bloody campaign and “undertake impartial and independent investigations into all allegations and provide remedies and reparations to the victims.”
U.S. not planning to contribute money at Iraq reconstruction conference – officials
The United States does not plan to contribute any money at a conference in Kuwait next week to fund Iraq’s reconstruction drive after the war against Islamic State forces, U.S. and Western officials said, a move critics say could deal a new blow to American standing internationally.
SPECIAL REPORT | Massacre: How Myanmar forces burned, looted and sent 10 Rohingya to...
On September 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police.
WORD OF THE LOURD | Salamat, China
The word, or term, is appreciative attitude. We have to be thankful to, say, China, for many things. Many things; just watch this.
Meralco nudges February retail billing by 75 centavos per KwH
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Thursday announced that the February retail electricity bill will nudge upward by P0.75 per kilowatt-hour. According to Larry Fernandez,...
Ople Center sees new wave of retrenchment in KSA; seeks national reintegration strategy for...
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that assists distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), urged the labor department to prepare for the...
CPP scoffs at AFP claims about so-called NPA ‘surrenderees’
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Thursday said the PR machinery of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is working double-time...
New York Times beats estimates on strong digital revenue growth
The New York Times Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, as the newspaper publisher signed up more digital subscribers, which more than offset a decline in print sales.
WATCH | Malacañang claims rice stocks adequate
Malacañang on Thursday claimed that, contrary to loose talk about the rice sufficiency situation, the National Food Authority has sufficient stocks of rice on...
BSP hikes ‘18, ‘19 average inflation forecasts
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy-making Monetary Board (MB) on Thursday increased the central bank’s average inflation forecast for 2018 and 2019, after it included in the baseline forecast the impact of the tax reform program.
NUJP lashes out at Roque: From human rights lawyer to fake news peddler
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines on Thursday lashed out at Presidential Spokesman and Adviser on Human Rights Harry Roque, whom it said "has completed his metamorphosis from a lawyer who built his reputation as a defender of freedom of the press and of expression, into a true blue peddler of “fake news.”
Body of suspected Filipina household worker found inside freezer in Kuwait
Kuwaiti police recently found a body of a woman believed to be a Filipino household worker in the freezer of an apartment in Salmiya, a city area in the Gulf state's Hawalli Governorate, according to a repprt by the Kuwait Times.














