CEBU CITY – The Philippine Government has ordered the Department of Tourism (DOT) to investigate reports that some hotels in Cebu have increased their rates for the upcoming Asia Pacific…
DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, one of the early beats for the 2016 Presidential elections, revealed that the Philippines now have three million drug addicts and…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippine government is closely monitoring the situation and condition of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan following the onslaught of super typhoon Soudelor. Communications Secretary…
MANILA – The National Food Authority (NFA) has revealed that there is no fake rice in the Philippines, based on a series of laboratory examination that it conducted on various…
An US soldier was likely to be among those killed in an attack on an American military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, CNN and Fox News have reported. The US government,…
The Australian government is intensifying its crackdown on illegal purchases of residential properties in the country, focusing on foreign buyers. Australia’s Treasurer Joe Hockey announced on Saturday that officials are…
China’s Anbang Insurance Group could enter Japan in its first real estate foray in the country if its USD1 billion bid for Japanese property asset manager Simplex Investment Advisors yield…
KUALA LUMPUR – The battle against drug and alcohol addiction just got a boost after Solace opened its first Specialised Clinic at Global Doctor’s Hospital in the upmarket Mont Kiara…
MANILA – The National Food Authority (NFA) has assured the public that no incident involving fake rice has been reported in the Philippines so far. The NFA made the assurance…
Italian prosecutors will start the trial for a money-laundering charge involving the Bank of China, one of the five biggest state-owned commercial banks in China, and 297 other defendants in…
TOKYO – Major companies in Japan are planning to raise their domestic capital spending in fiscal 2015 ending next March by 13.9 percent, a surve conducted by the Development Bank…
HONG KONG – AIA Group Limited (AIA) today launched AIA Accelerator 2.0, its second 12-week programme to support innovative businesses in the healthcare arena to deliver break-through innovations and technologies.…
Problems with the brakes and lights prompted Jaguar Land Rover China (JLRC) to recall 19,943 faulty automobiles on mainland China, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.…
After months of negative economic data, China finally saw a glimmer of hope in its services sector, which posted an 11-month high in July, the official Xinhua news agency reported.…
Japan Food Holdings, an operator of Japanese restaurants in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, has reported a 28.8 percent rise in Q1 FY2016 net profit on the back of higher revenue.…
Singapore Sports Hub has named Manu Sawhney as its new CEO effective 01 October. He will join the company as CEO-designate on 1 September. Sports Hub’s current CEO, Philippe Collin-Delavaud,…
PHILIPPINES – Authorities remain puzzled at how a 19-year-old man killed her 85-year-old grandmother and reportedly ate her heart insider their house in Kabankalan City, Negros Oriental, south of the…
HSBC Holdings Plc, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, has named Janet Henry as its new global chief economist. Henry, previously HSBC’s chief European…
SHANGHAI – Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company based on number hotels, announced the opening of Ramada Nanjing, a 156-room hotel, the newest upscale business hotel to open…
Global accounting firm Ernst & Young has announced the appointment of Rohan Sachdev as its global insurance emerging markets leader. With his new role, Sachdev will be tasked to oversee…
