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Duterte to pressure Xi on China's loan pledges - spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 09:42 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will exert some pressure on his counterpart, President Xi Jinping, to fulfill China's loan pledges worth billions of dollars, Duterte's spokesman said on Tuesday. Read more »

Author urges women leaders to 'Kick Some Glass' and rise to the top

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 08:13 PM

Despite the gains made by women over the years, there is still a "glass ceiling" that's keeping many female leaders from rising to the top, an author said. Read more »

Insurance providers weather Brexit, trade war uncertainties: AXA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 10:42 AM

Premium income this year will likely come close to the P21.6 billion posted in 2017, with growth of 41 percent in the first 6 months of 2019, AXA Philippines CEO Rahul Hora told ANC. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Trade war woes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 05:00 AM

The Department of Finance said it would review its agreements with China to be signed during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.  Read more »

Samar residents 'excited, ready' for return of Balangiga bells

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 06:25 PM

Residents of the Balangiga town in Samar are ready and excited to receive the bells being brought home from the United States.  Read more »

Inglot PH bosses say business thrives on sibling partnership

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 07:08 PM

Some people advise against doing business with family and friends, but three sisters, who also happen to be partners in cosmetics brand Inglot, beg to differ. Read more »

Financial markets await BSP move on interest rates

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 10:54 AM

Monetary authorities, however, can also "afford to pause at this time" given the weakness in Wall Street and lower oil prices in the world market, said BDO Unibank chief market strategist Jonathan Ravelas. Read more »

Interconnection fees scrapped under permanent mobile number bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 10:20 AM

So-called interconnection fees make up a "very small" portion of telcos' total revenues and such charges are "negligible" when used with promo buckets, said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Read more »

Garapal? Cayetano clan a 'good dynasty,' says lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 10:15 AM

It is the city of Taguig's wish for the Cayetanos to seek local and national government positions, a lawyer representing the family insists after his clients were called 'garapal' or brazen.  Read more »

Pinay scientist sees great potential in 'precision agriculture'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 10:59 PM

Dr. Gay Jane Perez of the UP Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology became the first nominee of the Philippines to win the fourth annual ASEAN-US Science Prize for women.  Read more »

European group warns vs taxing healthcare benefits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 05:13 PM

European businessmen are concerned over a recent memorandum from the country's main tax agency saying healthcare benefits can be taxed.  Read more »

Cayetanos building 'super dynasty' in Taguig, says lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 10:36 AM

The Cayetano family is building a "super dynasty" with 4 of its members gunning for local and national government positions in the 2019 polls, a lawyer said Wednesday.  Read more »

Third telco selection did not favor Dennis Uy: DICT chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 09:54 AM

The consortium of Davao businessman Dennis Uy and China Telecom secured 'provisional' third telco rights because its rivals, Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp and Sear, failed to meet bidding requirements. Read more »

Hilbay tells gov't: Treat arbitral ruling on West PH Sea as 'trophy'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 11:40 PM

Former Solicitor General and senatorial aspirant Florin Hilbay on Tuesday said the government should "treat as a trophy" the international tribunal ruling recognizing Manila's rights in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

'This is the time to do it,' Hilbay says of 2019 Senate bid

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 09:58 PM

"I think this is the time to do it." Read more »

'PH not a trash bin': Gov't to insist return of garbage shipment to South Korea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 08:21 PM

The government will insist the return of the shipload of garbage from South Korea dumped in Misamis Oriental, an environment official on Tuesday said. Read more »

Why US agreed to return Balangiga Bells after a century

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 07:13 PM

A change in "approach" about the significance of the Balangiga Bells was key in the return of war booty to the Philippines, a Filipino military professor involved in the repatriation of the items said Tuesday. Read more »

Special treatment? Lawmakers slam PNP chief's consideration of Imelda's age in looming arrest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 12:33 PM

At least 2 lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the police director general's statement that former First Lady Imelda Marcos' age would be considered when it comes to her arrest. Read more »

Imelda Marcos cannot be granted pardon yet - Escudero

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 10:07 AM

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who was found guilty of graft, cannot be granted pardon because of an appeal her camp said it would file, Senator Francis Escudero said Tuesday. Read more »

Dynasties, interest groups using party-list system as backdoor to Congress: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 10:42 AM

It's high time to weed out political dynasties and big interest groups from the party-list system for a genuine representation of the marginalized, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Read more »