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SSI Group’s 2023 profit hits P2.58B

April 16, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — Tantoco family-led specialty retail firm SSI Group Inc. ended 2023 with an all-time high of P2.58 billion in earnings as consumer spending on international fashion brands continues to rebound post-pandemic. SSI on Monday said thei...

No new EDCA bases—Marcos

April 16, 2024
Balikatan exercises may be expanded to include Japan President Marcos said Monday the United States would not be given access to more military bases under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement that allows American troops to rotate through and stor...

Gov’t won’t allow ICC to arrest Rody

April 16, 2024
President Ferdinand Marcos said he would not hand over his predecessor to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regardless of the ongoing tirades coming from former President Rodrigo Duterte. During FOCAP’s 50th Anniversary Presidential Forum, Mr. Mar...

Transport strike fails to paralyze Metro

April 16, 2024
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported that the first day of the two-day transport strike in the National Capital Region (NCR) had minimal impact on public transportation.  MMDA chairman Don Artes stated that no stranded pas...