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BoI hopes to release updated SIPP before yearend thumbnail
OFW Today

BoI hopes to release updated SIPP before yearend

By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Reporter The Board of Investments (BoI) said that the government is already fine-tuning the details of the updated...

Philippine housing prices rise in Q2 – BSP data thumbnail
OFW Today

Philippine housing prices rise in Q2 – BSP data

By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter Philippine housing prices increased in the second quarter as consumers were less pessimistic about purchasing residential properties, the...

Bad weather, weak demand weigh on Philippine business sentiment in Q3 thumbnail
OFW Today

Bad weather, weak demand weigh on Philippine business sentiment in Q3

By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter Philippine businesses turned less optimistic about the economy in the third quarter amid bad weather and sluggish demand...

Philippines to secure part of $55-million US maritime security funds thumbnail
OFW Today

Philippines to secure part of $55-million US maritime security funds

The Philippines is among the nations that will get a share of the $55 million funding aimed at enhancing maritime law enforcement in...

Entrepreneurs can make up to 70% more than paid employees per year, but there’s high inequality among the self-employed thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Entrepreneurs can make up to 70% more than paid employees per year, but there’s high inequality among the self-employed

Striking out on your own can result in much more income than holding a steady job with steady pay, but many entrepreneurs won’t...

U.S. revokes visa for Colombia’s president after he went to a protest and urged American soldiers to disobey Trump thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

U.S. revokes visa for Colombia’s president after he went to a protest and urged American soldiers to disobey Trump

Tensions between theĀ United States and ColombiaĀ have escalated with the State Department announcing it was revoking a visa forĀ Gustavo Petro, president of the Latin...

Trump asks Supreme Court to back his limits on birthright citizenship and upend how the 14th Amendment’s been interpreted for 125 years thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump asks Supreme Court to back his limits on birthright citizenship and upend how the 14th Amendment’s been interpreted for 125 years

President Donald Trumpā€˜s administration is asking theĀ Supreme CourtĀ to uphold hisĀ birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United...

Denmark reports drone sightings at military facilities as NATO warns Russia about violating airspace thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Denmark reports drone sightings at military facilities as NATO warns Russia about violating airspace

The Danish defense ministry said Saturday that ā€œdrones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities.ā€ TheĀ new drone sightingsĀ overnight Friday into Saturday...

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders Monday ahead of government shutdown deadline at midnight on Wednesday thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders Monday ahead of government shutdown deadline at midnight on Wednesday

PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund...

San Diego man, 30, identified in fatal I-15 motorcycle crash thumbnail
San Diego Daily

San Diego man, 30, identified in fatal I-15 motorcycle crash

SAN DIEGOĀ (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego County Medical Examiner has identified the motorcyclist who died on Interstate 15 and State Route 163Ā over the weekend....