RIO DE JANEIRO - Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crossed the grim threshold of 120,000 people
Day: August 30, 2020
Berlin halts ‘anti-corona’ rally as European cities protest masks
BERLIN, Aug 29, 2020 (AFP) - German police Saturday halted a Berlin march by thousands opposed to coronavirus restrictions in the biggest of several European
Outrage after French magazine depicts black MP as a slave
PARIS, Aug 29, 2020 (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron led nationwide outrage Saturday after an ultra-conservative magazine portrayed a black lawmaker as a slave.
No surprise there — Bucks, Lakers win
FLORIDA--The Milwaukee Bucks powered into the second round of the NBA playoffs on Saturday, three days after their refusal to take the court in the
We love you, Yuka
ANOTHER tournament, another victory for the Philippines' Yuka Saso. Showing nerves of steel, Saso weathered a furious challenge by Japanese Sakura Koiwai to win the
For Brent, UST is no paradise
BRENT Paraiso has decided to leave University of Santo Tomas, which is feeling the heat of the controversy that the men's basketball team created for
Perks for banks’ sustainable finance compliance
The Bangko Sentral is studying the possibility of providing regulatory incentives to banks that would heed the Sustainable Central Banking program. “These include our proposal
RCEP chiefs resolve ‘almost all’ issues – Lopez
Trade and Industry Sec. Ramon Lopez has said the 15 trade ministers of participating countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership have “resolved almost all
Share of remittance operations to pawnshops’ income rising
Income of pawnshops from remittance services continues to rise as more institutions tap pawnshops because of their wider reach compared to banks and other financial
August inflation seen at 2.5%-3.3%
Monetary officials have forecast August’s inflation rate to stay between 2.5 percent and 3.3 percent in line with their within-target inflation rate projection until 2022.