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South Korea fires warning shots to repel North Korean vessel breaching sea boundary
South Korea's military said it fired warning shots early Friday to drive away a North Korean merchant ship that briefly crossed the disputed western sea boundary between the rival neighbors.
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September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos orders legal team to review Magalong's role in ICI
President Marcos has ordered his legal team to study the appointment of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong as special adviser to the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI), following questions raised over possible conflicts of interest.
2 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Business confidence at 4-year low
Philippine business optimism fell to a four-year low in the third quarter of the year, driven by slack in demand and global headwinds, even as consumer pessimism eased to its most improved level in over two years due to new income streams.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Chinese premier says US and his country need to 'work in the same direction'
Chinese Premier Li Qiang told a group of American business executives Thursday that the U.S. and his country need \"to work in the same direction\" to further what he called \"the most important bilateral partnership in the world.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Pros brace for Mindanao swing
The men of the Philippine Golf Tour brace for an intense and high-stakes conclusion to the 2025 season as the circuit heads south for a richer, more competitive Mindanao swing next month.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
How a SIM farm threatens telecom networks
The US Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms\" across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations.
2 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Sampaguita Park blooms as a heritage and sustainability project
How can something so delicate be so profound?
2 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Tabuena banks on course familiarity
Miguel Tabuena is banking on home court advantage as he tees up against a tough field of world-class golfers in the International Series Philippines at the Sta. Elena Golf Club in Cabuyao, Laguna from Oct. 23 to 26.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
CS Capital seals CSBank stake
Hong Konglisted CSC Holdings Ltd., through CS Capital Investment Pte. Ltd., has completed its acquisition of a 26.3 percent stake in the Cabagangon group's Citystate Savings Bank, Inc.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Mayor Vico eyes independent team to monitor, evaluate local, DPWH infra projects
Even though Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said no ghost projects have been reported in the city since his first term in 2019, he vowed to make sure of it by creating an independent team that will monitor and evaluate both national and local infrastructure projects in the city.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
DHL raises rates effective January
Logistics giant DHL Express is increasing the prices of its services in the Philippines by 5.9 percent beginning next year to reflect additional costs driven by protectionist policies and rapidly evolving trade landscape.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
China, world's largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions
With China leading the way by announcing its first emission cuts, world leaders said Wednesday, Sept. 24, they are getting more serious about fighting climate change and the deadly extreme weather that comes with it.
3 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
World Tourism Day: A call for sustainable and inclusive growth
Today, Sept. 27, the world observes World Tourism Day, and this year, the theme is both timely and ambitious: \"Tourism and Sustainable Transformation.\" As we continue to recover from the economic and social disruptions of the past years, this global celebration invites us to look at tourism not only as an economic engine but as a force for positive and inclusive change.
2 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Hong Kong lawmakers pass bill to ban substandard tiny apartments
Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Friday mandating a minimum size, an exclusive bathroom and other standards in subdivided apartments - a common living arrangement in one of the world's least affordable cities.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
D&I tax holiday extended to 2029
D &L Industries Inc. reported that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries operating at its new Batangas plant, D&L Premium Foods Corp. (DLPF) and Natura Aeropack Corp. (NAC), have been granted two more years of Income Tax Holiday (ITH) by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
DLSU, UST eye share of early lead
Host school University of Santo Tomas and perennial contender De La Salle University clash for a share of the early lead in the UAAP Season 88 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 27.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Flood scandal spurs political risk
Protests against massive corruption in the rollout of billions of pesos in “ghost” or substandard flood control projects in recent years are expected to snowball and heighten political risks in the Philippines, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
1 min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Eala advances to semis
Alex Eala overcame an early challenge from unseeded Chinese Lu Jiajing before pulling away for a 6-4, 6-1 victory to
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Europe's finest in Final 4
Czechia faces Bulgaria; Italy vs Poland in titanic collision
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Yes to more anti-corruption measures
The recent suspension of a district engineer in Baguio City over the alleged tampering and alteration of public documents related to projects there of the Department of Public Works and Highways is at once welcome, and a cause for concern.
3 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Questions for Vice
How massive was the response to your speech on corruption? Will there be a followup - when?
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
68 enforcers dismissed as part of LTO's anti-corruption drive
Sixty-eight personnel of the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) Law Enforcement Service were dismissed from their posts as part of the agency's intensified campaign against corruption, it was revealed on Friday, Sept. 26.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH government debt climbs, private borrowings slide
‘ile government debt continues to pile up, private businesses and individuals in the Philippines hold back on borrowings amid conditions not too conducive to debt accumulation.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
DPWH drags infra spending in July
Due to slower spending by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), infrastructure and other capital outlays dropped by 25.3 percent to P93.3 billion in July from P124.9 billion in the same month last year.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Have you ever dreamed of flying around the world by private jet?
How this hotel lets you fly worldwide in luxury
2 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Contrasting price adjustments for gasoline, diesel expected
After a five-week streak of fuel price increases, gasoline prices are expected to drop in the final week of September.
1 min |
September 27, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Observations of Netherlands, another state sought in Duterte's release bid
The pretrial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked the Netherlands and another state—its identity redacted from the document—to submit its observations regarding the possibility of hosting former president Rodrigo Duterte under his interim release application.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
More big fish named
Escudero, Romualdez Revilla, Binay, Co tagged
10+ min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Foreign biz seeks more reforms
Members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) have presented a fresh list of reforms to the government, aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the Philippines, which has lagged behind its peers in Southeast Asia.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Fil-Am Jessica Sanchez wins America's Got Talent Season 20
Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez, who is nine months pregnant, won season 20 of the NBC reality competition series \"America's Got Talent\" on Wednesday night (US time).
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