Asian shares fall; PH’s up

AP 12/04/2018

SINGAPORE – Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday as traders questioned whether a 90-day truce in a tariff battle will allow the U.S. and China to resolve issues ranging from technology development to trade. Japan’s Nikkei 225…

Southeast Asian summit puts focus on trade tensions, trends

AP 11/13/2018

Singapore — The potential damage to global trade brought on by President Donald Trump’s tariffs battle with Beijing is looming as leaders of Southeast Asian nations, China, the US and other regional economies meet in Singapore this…

Lapu police on full alert for South East Asian visitors

Benjie B. Talisic 10/18/2018

Policemen in Lapu-Lapu City are on a full alert status to especially ensure the security of foreign guests coming from South East Asian countries. A total of 72 foreign guests arrived in Cebu on Thursday for a…

Danao City pawnpusher wins gold in Asian Para Games

Doris C. Bongcac 10/17/2018

A native of Danao City in northern Cebu won gold in the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 6 to 13. Jasper Rom, who is part of the Philippine chess team, clinched a…

Maine named Ultimate Asian Sweetheart 2018

Michelle Joy Padayhag 08/30/2018

  Phenomenal Star Maine Mendoza has won the Ultimate Asian Sweetheart of 2018 title. Starmometer announced the official results on Thursday, August 30 after a month-long poll. The 23-year-old actress-host got a total of 757,430 votes on…

Gilas Pilipinas routs Japan, assured of better finish in Asian Games

Inquirer.net 08/28/2018

THE PHILIPPINES moved closer to a fifth-place finish in men’s basketball after dumping Japan, 113-80, in the classification phase Friday of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Despite missing out on the podium, the Filipinos are assured…

Cebuana Ando winds up fourth in Asian Games

Glendale Rosal 08/24/2018

CEBUANA weightlifter Elreen Ann Ando finished fourth in the women’s 63kg category of weightlifting in the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday. The 19-year-old Ando of the University of Cebu finished with a total lift of…

TOM’S ADVICE

Glendale G. Rosal 08/20/2018

Mayor Osmeña tells Asian Games-bound Tabal: Just run One of Mary Joy Tabal’s biggest supporter in her upcoming Asian Games stint is Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. During her send-+off press conference yesterday at the new headquarters…

Asian Games venues ‘95 percent ready’

Inquirer.net 07/18/2018

ASIAN Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organizers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the regional Olympics. An army of laborers…

Peso 2nd worst Asian currency as of June ’18

Inquirer.net 07/01/2018

The Philippine peso was the second worst performing currency among emerging economies in the region during the first half, but the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Friday that sound macro fundamentals would rein in the exchange…

US seeks to assuage Asian allies

AP 06/14/2018

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and its Asian allies worked Thursday to paper over any semblance of disagreement over President Donald Trump’s concession to Kim Jong Un that the US would halt military exercises with…

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