MANILA – Sustained economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2023 is attainable with the expected increase in spending this holiday season and the recent Barangay and...
MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded all private-sector employers to release the mandated 13th-month pay of their workers no later than Dec. 24....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled his ambassador from Israel on Nov. 4, 2023. Less than a month earlier, he was offering diplomatic assistance to calm...
US president, Joe Biden, is expected to meet China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in San Francisco as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) conference on Wednesday...
When this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course correction. Seven years ago, nearly every...
The western world’s support for Israel as it attacks Gaza has provoked fury across the Arab world and much of the Global South. This situation undermines...
Much of the news coverage of the discussions and negotiations aimed at averting a government shutdown on Nov. 17, 2023, relies on pundits and their unnamed...
Abortion rights advocates won major victories in several state elections on Nov. 7, 2023, signaling that abortion laws are likely to continue to play an important...
As housing prices continue to soar, squabbling between different levels of government across Canada is only exacerbating an increasingly critical issue. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced...
MANILA – The revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11954 introduced several amendments to the provisions on the appointment of the Board of...