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MOVIE REVIEW Barbie Directed by Greta Gerwig MTRCB Rating: PG THE FEMALE coming-of-age is a complex journey, mapped out by converging and diverging lines that girls must learn to toe carefully to achieve a fabulous yet respectable image of womanhood. This movie is an ode to that journey. It follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken […]

GLOBE TELECOM, Inc. expects to reach at least 200,000 customers for its prepaid fiber internet by the end of 2023 as the company launched the product on Thursday. Raymond Policarpio, vice-president for brand management of Globe’s broadband business group, told reporters the target is possible as the new product, which offers high-speed internet connection, will […]

RACHELLE ANN GO will be joining the cast of the Philippine production of the hit musical Hamilton. The musical — which has won Tony, Grammy, and Olivier awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama — will have a limited run at The Theatre at Solaire in Parañaque City starting Sept. 17. In a post on […]

MAPÚA University targets to double its enrollment count in the coming years in line with the 10-year development plan of Ayala-Yuchengco-led iPeople, Inc., its top official said on Thursday. “Our target is to continually increase [the number of enrollments],” Mapúa President and Chief Executive Officer Dodjie S. Maestrecampo said in a media briefing. “I think […]

MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said on Friday his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings committed during his predecessor’s ‘war on drugs’. Mr. Marcos maintained the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Southeast Asian country, which withdrew from the ICC in March […]

DUNEDIN, New Zealand – Switzerland made a winning start to their Women’s World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over debutants Philippines at Dunedin Stadium on Friday, thanks to Ramona Bachmann’s first-half penalty and a close-range effort from Seraina Piubel. Inka Grings’ side were awarded a penalty by VAR after midfielder Coumba Sow was caught […]

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD – A US-funded audit of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington’s backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two US officials and a former US official, a move that would help ease the country’s financial crisis. The audit has not changed the US Treasury’s view that the bank must make reforms before the department will support disbursements from the Afghan Fund to Da Afghanistan Bank, or DAB, as the central bank is […]

BEIJING – Chinese authorities announced measures on Friday intended to help boost sales of automobiles and electronics with the goal of shoring up a sluggish economy, but the steps failed to impress investors who have been clamoring for stronger stimulus. Regions will be encouraged to increase annual car purchase quotas and efforts will be made to support sales of second-hand vehicles, said a statement on automobile […]

WASHINGTON – US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is willing to take a hard line with airlines when necessary as the Biden administration vows a sweeping upgrade in passenger consumer protections. “We’re continuing to work to make sure that airlines live up to their obligations, which we will enforce,” Mr. Buttigieg told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Thursday. US airlines have sparred with the […]

WASHINGTON – Beijing-linked hackers accessed US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual US government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider spying operation disclosed earlier this month by […]

SHEIKHPUR – Shivraj Nishad spreads jasmine and rose flowers onto trays in his village in northern India to dry petals used for making tea, aided by a solar-powered dryer in what may be a nascent rural energy revolution. Mr. Nishad, 29, returned home to cultivate flowers on a family plot in Sheikhpur by the Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh state three years ago, […]

NEW DELHI – India on Thursday ordered a halt to its largest rice export category in a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world’s largest exporter of the grain, triggering fears of further inflation on global food markets. The government said it was imposing a ban on non-basmati white rice after retail rice prices climbed […]

The recent verdict by Judge Analisa Torres of the US District Court of the Southern District of New York regarding Ripple’s XRP token sales has sparked both controversy and optimism within the cryptocurrency community. While the court deemed XRP a security for institutional sales, it upheld that the token was not a security for sales […]

A BLOCKCHAIN and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered homebuilding platform called Homeqube will be entering the interior construction industry. Jose Paolo Calma, former chief executive officer of the Multi-Development and Construction Corp. (MDCC), has launched Homeqube, which aims to enable users to design their dream homes through its network of professionals. MDCC is a multi-design and construction […]

BUSINESS GROUPS are asking the government to reconsider a proposed P150 wage hike, saying their companies need to remain competitive while being allowed time to recover. “The industry was okay with the P40 approved increase but P150 seems high. That’s a 35% increase in wages, further increasing operating costs and reducing industry competitiveness,” Semiconductor and […]

LINYA-LINYA Land (LLL) marks a comeback with a lineup featuring some of the most notable names in music, comedy, and art. Filipino singer-songwriters and bands Ebe Dancel, Johnoy Danao, Nica Del Rosario, Cheats, Autotelic, and DJ Ayel lead the bill, alongside standup comedians Victor Anastacio, Nonong Ballinan, GB Labrador, James Caraan, and Jeleen Cubillas. Completing […]

BETWEEN this summer’s biblical floods, apocalyptic fires and life-threatening heat domes, people are starting to wonder whether we’ve lurched over some sort of climate tipping point. Climate scientists and ecologists who study tipping points say what we’re seeing are merely extreme events amplified by global warming. But they’ve been warning about the risk of climate […]

BOHOL-PANGLAO International Airport welcomed Korean carrier Asiana Airlines’ maiden flight on Thursday, said the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Anghelo B. Ibañez, acting airport manager of Bohol Panglao International Airport, said the airline, which carried 177 passengers from Incheon, South Korea, will be having a twice-weekly flight to Bohol. “Asiana Airlines will fly […]