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LAOAG, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes Wednesday and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is eyeing the return of direct flights between the Philippines and New Zealand to increase tourism and trade flow between the two countries.?
MANILA, Philippines — Fans of K-pop girl group Twice can get a chance to meet the group when they join a digital promo.
This is just part of a larger question from reader crossco88 that I’d like to show in its entirety (edited for brevity) because I think the answer is important. Here goes:“Where do you get your information from? How do you decide which info to share with your readers? Like the Bank of Australia and Bank of England rates decision. What made you say that this information is relevant to share with your readers?” This is a great series of questions to ask of any information source.
MIAMI GARDENS, United States – McLaren's Lando Norris won the first Formula One race of his career with a shock victory over world champion Max Verstappen in the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday (Monday Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) sealed a landmark decision that bestows the Premiere Volleyball League (PVL) the responsibility to select the members, train and manage the women’s national team for international competitions starting with the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Women that the country is hosting later this month.
TIJUANA, Mexico — Relatives of two Australians and an American who disappeared on a surfing trip arrived in Mexico Sunday to identify their presumed bodies, which were found with gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said.
Let’s take a look forward at a clean, holiday-free week for the PSE and the US market.PH: Today (Monday) is the last day of OceanaGold PH’s offer period. The listing comes on the 13th. Tomorrow (Tuesday), we will get the April inflation figure from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which should feed into the BSP’s decision-making process for its May 16 rates meeting. On Thursday we have the Q1 GDP info from the PSA, and the settlement of the Premium Leisure Corp [PLC 0.73 ?4.3%; 1% avgVol] tender offer.International: It’s a week of speeches from US economic managers, plus the Reserve Bank of Australia will have a rates decision on Tuesday, and the Bank of England will have a rates decision on Friday.MB BOTTOM-LINE: The calendar is starting to pick up. I don’t expect any rate-setting surprises from the BSP or any of the international central banks, but I will be reading the statements and the analysis pretty closely to see how they frame inflation’s stickiness and to note any changes in expectations. We should also hear soon from Citicore Renewable Energy about the offer period for its upcoming IPO if it still hopes to list on May 31, unless they’re planning to let the dates slip further into Q2 for a mid- or late-June listing. As for April’s inflation figure, lots of noise about it coming in above 4%, with yet more pain for families in the form of higher rice and meat prices.