Ava Patricia Avila The past 3 Saturdays I was at the Philippine embassy as an Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) volunteer, the atmosphere had been consistently quiet. Even on weekends, voters arrive in trickles. But a surge in the number of poll-goers is anticipated in the last stretch o...
RATE OF INCREASE. The government expects the growth rate of the Singaporean workforce to slow down further in the future, hitting 1% to 2% per year, half of the 3.3% per year averaged over the last 3 decades. The population is also aging, which means a heavier economic load and more t...
NO TO BOMBS. Singapore's skyline SINGAPORE - A 34-year-old man has been arrested in Singapore over an online threat to bomb several locations in the city-state in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon attack, police said Saturday, April 20. The man, whose name and nationality were not ...
ANNOUNCEMENT. Jollibee tweets this picture through its official handle MANILA, Philippines - Homegrown food giant adds Singapore to its global footprint with the addition of its branch in Singapore. On March 12, Jollibee will open a branch in Lucky Plaza, a favorite hangout place of F...
Diversified conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd. disclosed to the Hong Kong stock exchange that the sale and purchase agreement between its unit, FPM Power Holdings, and GMR Infrastructure (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. that was announced last March 4 has been finalized, making the Pangilinan-l...
Photo by Niti Chuysakul/Shutterstock.com SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singapore's trade-driven economy shrank in the first quarter as demand for exports remained weak, but a robust construction sector cushioned the decline, preliminary government estimates showed Friday, April 12. Gross dom...
The behind-the-scene story of that kidnapping forms the backbone of "From bin Laden to Facebook," around which Ressa weaves the history and the evolution of the jihadi virus in the Philippines. She makes sense of it all with social network theory, to provide a broad view of a network ...
PH DERIVATIVES? The Philippines and Singapore exchanges have partnered to develop derivatives products. Photo by AFP MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have agreed to launch Philippine index futures by the 4th quarter of 2013. In a j...
