Bank giants ride rate rises, keep storm clouds at bay
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NEW YORK — US banking heavyweights reaped windfalls from higher interest payments in the first quarter, brushing off a crisis prompted by…
From virtual tours to online bookings: The role of satellite internet in tourism’s digital transformation
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Kacific offers fast, reliable, and secure broadband connectivity to Matinloc Resort. Tourism was hit hard by the pandemic, but as the world…
NCR construction materials retail price growth slowed in March
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PHILSTAR By Lourdes O. Pilar, Researcher THE RETAIL price growth of construction materials in Metro Manila slowed to 4.1% year on year…
Deadline looms: Around 10% of taxpayers yet to file annual income tax returns
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES AROUND 10% of registered taxpayers still have to file their 2022 annual income tax returns by the…
BoI investment approvals hit P463 billion in Q1
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE BOARD of Investments (BoI) has seen a 155% rise in approved investments for the first quarter (Q1)…
Consumers less pessimistic in first quarter — BSP
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS Consumers were less pessimistic in the first quarter due to their positive outlook on the availability of more…
Swinging Sixties fashion designer Mary Quant dies aged 93
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Image source: https://bit.ly/408wfPq LONDON – Fashion designer Mary Quant, often credited with popularizing the miniskirt that helped define Britain’s “Swinging Sixties” era, has died aged 93….
Summer Metro Manila Film Festival 2023: Tense, thrilling, full of talent
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Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas in a scene from About Us But Not About Us. By Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter Movie ReviewAbout Us But Not…
US, Mexico agree to ramp up fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico and the United States on Thursday agreed to ramp up the fight against fentanyl trafficking, as well as Mexico‘s Sinaloa and CJNG drug cartels and their supply chains, in joint bid to reduce consumption of the…
World Bank’s new boss must push ahead on reforms, fight poverty-French minister
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REUTERS WASHINGTON – France’s development minister said on Thursday she will tell the World Bank’s expected next president, Ajay Banga, to maintain the bank’s anti-poverty mission while forging ahead with next steps by October…