CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia wants the members of the One Cebu Inter-Agency Interdiction Task Force (OC-IAITF) to take their efforts to fight against illegal drugs seriously and not for photograph opportunities (photo ops) only. During the meeting that Garcia presided over on February 9 with the OC-IAITF members, they discussed additional measures that can be […]
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Always racing to meetings? It’s slowing you down
THE start of a new year is a good time to examine assumptions and habits. That seems to be behind the “calendar purge” with which Shopify, Inc. greeted 2023. The company has declared that it is banning meetings on Wednesdays, limiting 50-person-plus meetings to Thursdays, and — for two weeks — killing any meeting with […]
Shares slip ahead of US CPI data, Fed meeting
STOCKS inched lower on Tuesday as investors wait for the release of latest US consumer inflation data and the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, as these could affect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) decision this week. The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched down by 2.82 points or 0.04% to close at 6,582.38 […]
ECB to raise deposit rate by 50 bps on Dec 15 as bloc enters winter recession
LONDON – The European Central Bank will take its deposit rate up by 50 basis points next week to 2.00%, despite the euro zone economy almost certainly being in recession, as it battles inflation running at five times its target, a Reuters poll found. Since starting its inflation-fighting campaign in July, later than its peers, the ECB has been raising rates at its fastest pace on record and […]
APEC summit marred by suspected North Korea ICBM test, protest
BANGKOK — Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Bangkok on Friday for a summit to focus on economic woes but their schedule was disrupted by a North Korean suspected intercontinental ballistic missile test while police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters. US Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting of leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, […]
PSEi declines on profit taking before BSP review
LOCAL STOCKS declined on Wednesday as investors pocketed gains from the market’s rise earlier this week ahead of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy meeting. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went down by 26.85 points or 0.41% to close at 6,392.09 on Wednesday, while the broader all shares index declined by 3.28 points […]
Peso weakens to P59:$1 level on hawkish Fed meet minutes
THE PESO closed at its record low for the third time this month as the minutes of the US central bank’s September meeting showed policy makers want to continue raising rates. — BW FILE PHOTO THE PESO retreated versus the greenback on Thursday following the release of the minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s September […]
G20 Sherpa committed to address global solutions
JAKARTA, Oct 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The third G20 Sherpa meeting in Yogyakarta has concluded with G20 member countries agreeing to seek solutions to myriad global problems. The 3rd Sherpa Meeting G20 Indonesia delegations travel around Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday (29/9). (ANTARA PHOTO/Andreas Fitri Atmoko/POOL/rwa/FR) “During this […]
Australia seeks stable ties with ‘great power’ China, minister says
SYDNEY — Australia is aiming for a stable relationship with China despite differences, in particular, on trade, Australia’s foreign minister said, as she called on China to use its influence as a great power to help end the war in Ukraine. Australia’s ties with its largest trading partner are at a low after disputes over […]
Manila Broadcasting Company to conduct annual stockholders’ meeting on Oct. 6
NOTICE OF 2022 ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING October 6, 2022 | 3:00 pm | Zoom AGENDA Call to order Certification of notice or quorum President’s report Approval of the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 Approval and ratification of the acts of the Board of Directors and Officers of the Company from […]
Gov’t extends WFH setup for IT-BPM workers until further notice
FINANCE Secretary and Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) Chairperson Benjamin Diokno on Friday issued a memorandum provisionally extending the existing work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) companies.Diokno has deemed it necessary to retain the 70 percent on-site and 30 percent WFH arrangement, pursuant to FIRB Resolution 017-22, until the […]
Enhancing data governance through the 3rd DEWG meeting
JAKARTA, Aug 9, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The implementation of equitable and inclusive Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) and Cross-Border Data Flow (CBDF) had become crucial issues nowadays as data traffic between countries kept increasing. Hence, as chairman of the 2022 G20 presidency, Indonesia proposed four principles of fairness, lawfulness, transparency, […]
Tesla shareholders broadly follow board recommendations at annual meeting
Tesla Inc. shareholders voted for board recommendations on most issues at the company’s annual meeting on Thursday, including re-electing directors, approving a stock split, while rejecting proposals focused on environment and governance. Votes on three of the 13 proposals did not follow board recommendations, according to preliminary tallies presented at the annual shareholder meeting in […]
Del Monte Pacific Limited to hold annual general meeting on August 26
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Del Monte Pacific Limited (the “Company”) will be convened and held by way of electronic means on 26 August 2022 at 10.00 a.m. (Singapore time) to transact the following business: Adoption of Directors’ Statement and Audited Financial Statements for […]
Town halls as a strategic management tool
Some time ago, you wrote about employee birthdays as an opportunity to celebrate and at the same time gather people face-to-face with the chief executive officer (CEO). In our case, the only employees that attend the meetings are those on their birth month. Should we adopt a new system if we want to call town […]
RI strives to bridge differences in G20 to overcome economic challenges
JAKARTA, Jul 18, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting within the framework of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency kicked off in Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, on Friday (July 15). The 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting of G20 in Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, […]
ACEMC – Tacloban to conduct annual stockholders’ meeting on July 25
Peso may rebound vs dollar as expectations of faster inflation fuel BSP bets
THE PESO may rebound versus the greenback this week on bets of more aggressive tightening by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as headline inflation likely hit an over three-year high in June. The local unit closed at P55.09 per dollar on Friday, losing 11.5 centavos from its P54.975 finish on Thursday, based on Bankers […]
US Fed’s Mester backs 75-bp hike if economic conditions stay the same
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester told CNBC on Wednesday if economic conditions remain the same, she will advocate for a 75- basis-point (bp) hike in interest rates at the US central bank’s next monetary policy meeting in July. July’s meeting will likely involve a debate among Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy makers […]
Arthaland Corp. announces annual stockholders’ meeting on June 24
NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the 2022 annual stockholders’ meeting of ARTHALAND CORPORATION will be held on 24 June 2022, Friday, 9:00 A.M. and will be convened by the Presiding Officer in Taguig City through remote communication. Attendees must register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5YQixvvR5araoU3Dz1uIQ in order to participate during the meeting. The […]