El Salvador to buy back some debt in surprise move
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SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador‘s president announced on Tuesday a plan for a voluntary repurchase offer to holders of bonds maturing between 2023 and 2025….
From burgers to gadgets, stressed consumers buy cheap
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NEW YORK/LONDON – Some global consumers are showing signs of cracking, as shoppers stressed by record inflation stick to buying basics like food, bleach…
Marcos orders rescue, relief operations in quake-hit Abra province
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES MANILA – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the immediate dispatch of rescue and relief teams…
Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes north Philippines, rattles Manila
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Screenshot via earthquake.usgs.gov MANILA – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey…
FILRT CEO: The future of offices hinged on sustainability
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FILRT President and CEO Maricel Brion-Lirio (rightmost) is joined by other ICT-BPM thought leaders. The Philippines’ IT-BPM sector is on the fast…
72 award recipients champion ESG for a sustainable world at the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards 2022
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The region’s leading NGO Enterprise Asia is pleased to confer the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2022 to 72 outstanding award recipients…
Jollibee’s Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong named 2022 RVR Award for Nation Building Awardee
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Photo shows Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong and Mrs. Grace Tan Caktiong receiving the award from former Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, PHINMA…
BSP signals less than 75-bp rate hike
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The Ortigas Business District seen from Antipolo, May 13, 2021. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Keisha B. Ta-asan THE PHILIPPINE central…
Budget deficit widens to P215 billion in June
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Laborers work on the Marikina River rehabilitation project, May 16. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS By Diego Gabriel C. Robles THE NATIONAL…
No need to ramp up borrowings — Diokno
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FINANCE SECRETARY BENJAMIN E. DIOKNO FINANCE Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno on Tuesday said there is no need for the Philippine government to…