Net inflows of foreign direct investments shrank in September, after four straight months of double-digit annual growth. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS FOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) to the Philippines slumped in September after four straight months of year-on-year growth, as uncertainty over the coronavirus disease pandemic weighed on investor sentiment. Bangko […]
FDI net inflows slide in September
Net inflows of foreign direct investments shrank in September, after four straight months of double-digit annual growth. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS FOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) to the Philippines slumped in September after four straight months of year-on-year growth, as uncertainty over the coronavirus disease pandemic weighed on investor sentiment. Bangko […]
Covid lockdown left us lazy, addicted to TV and drinking more
Life in lockdown during the spring was antisocial, lazy and marked by heavy drinking but it did at least leave Britons with one healthy habit: camping. A survey by the Office for National Statistics of the changing habits of British households from before, during and after the first lockdown shows […]
PSEi rebounds as Congress ratifies 2021 budget
By Revin Mikhael D. Ochave, Reporter SHARES recovered on Thursday as market sentiment improved on the back of progress in the country’s 2021 national budget. The 30-member Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) climbed 51.77 points or 0.72% to end at 7,154.43, while the broader all shares index increased 17.79 points […]
Chinese firm Sinovac’s vaccine first to be dispensed — Palace
THE COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. will be the first to be rolled out under the government’s mass immunization program, the Palace announced Thursday. “The target remains that Sinovac will be the first that we can use to vaccinate our people and […]
Pounded by pandemic ‘storm,’ poor nations need climate finance more than ever
Yannick Glemarec, head of the Green Climate Fund, said it was essential to align funding for COVID-19 recoveries, climate action, and international development so that the money could achieve the largest possible impact in terms of curbing global warming and tackling poverty. Image via PhilStar BARCELONA — Many developing nations […]