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BANGKOK (AP) — Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis released Thursday shows its people also feel the best equipped to deal with them.
Manila should not place hopes on expanding a provisional arrangement with Beijing over its resupply missions to the Second Thomas Shoal to cover the entire West Philippine Sea, observers warn, as such a move could lead to China imposing its dominance in the disputed waters and ambiguous territorial boundaries.
TOKYO -- A Japanese provider of climate solutions is looking to expand a project to curb methane emissions from rice paddies in the Philippines in order to create carbon credits.
MANILA — The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5 per cent last year from 18.1 per cent in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency said on Thursday (Aug 15).
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A weeklong government call for increased preparedness based on an advisory over a potential megaquake along the Pacific coast officially ended 5 p.m. Thursday, after no new major seismic activity was confirmed around the Nankai Trough.
MANILA -- The Philippine central bank decided to cut its key policy rate by 25 basis points during a policy meeting on Thursday, kicking off a much-awaited loosening cycle to support the economy.
The group is looking to ramp up occupancy rates in some of its retail assets and expand the floor space in its flagship shopping mall there, according to a senior group official. The mainland’s 1.4 billion population will be a powerful source of growth, he added.