ROW issues cause a major hurdle in the NSCR completion – PNR
STOCK PHOTOIssues with right of way (ROW) are one of the difficulties in the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway, according to the Philippine National Railway (PNR) Chairman Michael Ted R. Macapagal. “The challenge of course is right of way issues.
Fed unveils oversized rate cut as it gains ‘greater confidence’ about inflation
REUTERSWASHINGTON – The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kicked off an anticipated series of interest rate cuts with a larger-than-usual half-percentage-point reduction that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said was meant to show policymakers’ commitment to sustaining a low unemployment
Fed Rate Cuts: Better Late than Never
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at a press conference. 2024. The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a 50 basis point cut in its federal funds rate target on Wednesday. The move marks a reversal at the
House GOP opposition tanks Johnson’s short-term funding plan
Speaker Mike Johnson’s six-month government funding plan failed on the House floor Wednesday amid yet another rebellion within the House Republican conference over spending. The collapse, which was expected, follows a weeklong effort to shore up support for Johnson’s stopgap,
Secret Service tells House task force that agency has increased Trump’s security
The Secret Service on Wednesday briefed members of a bipartisan House task force on Sunday’s apparent second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump — with leadership of the panel praising the agency’s handling of the Florida incident. Reps. Mike