DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Bomb jokes and fake bomb threats in airports and inside airplanes have long been considered a serious crime and a Domican-American will learn that lesson well. Frank…
BEIJING – At least 35 people were killed when the bus they boarded fell into a deep cliff in Shaanxi province, China, authorities said today. The official Xinhua news agency…
HONG KONG – The Eastern Magistrates Court has convicted Hong Kong Game Theory Association Limited (Hong Kong Game Theory) and Mr Sze Ching Lok, its sole director and shareholder, of…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc (PSE) announced that starting June 1, it will replace the PSEtrade platform provided by NYSE Euronext Technologies SAS with the new trading…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has issued an advisory warning the public against the proliferation of investment scams. In a statement posted on its website, the…
NEPAL – Residents in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu went into panic Tuesday as a strong earthquake, measuring 7.3 in magnitude, struck the Nepal-Tibet border, the US Geological Survey announced.…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Filipino fans of boxing icon and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao have been warned against shaking hands with the boxer when he arrives in the country after his…
OREGON, USA – A mother from Oregon said she will file a case against United Airlines after her 15-year-old autistic daughter was removed from the plane. Donna Beegle and daughter…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – Smaller banks in the Chinese city of Shanghai are doing all its best to keep up with competition and further attract depositors. This time, the banks are…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Typhoon Noul batters the southernmost tiny islands in Japan on Tuesday after leaving destruction and two fatalities in the Philippines, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency…
MALAYSIA – Pursuant to the agreement signed on 18 December 2014, Generali completed the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Multi-Purpose Insurans Berhad (“MPIB”) – a P&C insurance subsidiary…
Chinese Billionaires Dominate Asia’s Wealthiest Under 40 List The latest list released by Wealth-X showed that six young Chinese billionaires are in the top 10 of Asia’s wealthiest entrepreneurs under…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Foreign net equity capital in the Philippines increased by 184.7 percent in February to US$179 million, sending the total foreign direct investments (FDI) rising by by 17.9…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the remains of two people killed after drinking milk tea in Manila have tested positive for oxalic acid, a toxic bleaching…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, is meeting this week and analysts have predicted that it will keep the policy rates…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – At least two people were confirmed dead and more than 3,000 people fled their homes in northern Philippines as Super Typhoon Noul (Dodong) slammed into several provinces,…
BEIJING – China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has trimmed the benchmark loan and deposit interest rates starting 11 May as the government seeks more ways to…
SINGAPORE – The World Economic Forum released the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015, naming the top 10 most tourism-ready nations in the world, a list dominated by European economies.…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Authorities have implemented forced evacuations in some parts of northeast Philippines as Typhoon Noul, locally named Dodong, made landfall in the province of Cagaya, north of Manila.…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Three provinces in northern Philippines have been placed under storm signal No. 3 as typhoon “Dodong” (international name “Noul”) moves closer to land, the country’s state weather…
