House Republicans prepare doomed 6-month stopgap funding patch
Speaker Mike Johnson's stopgap spending plan is slated to clear its first test Monday, but its fate on the House floor is still far from certain. The chamber's Rules Committee kicked off a meeting Monday afternoon to prepare to send
Elena Kagan keeps pressing for ethics code enforcement at Supreme Court
NEW YORK — Justice Elena Kagan is keeping up her public drive for an enforcement mechanism for the Supreme Court’s ethics code despite strident criticism from some voices on the right and skepticism about it among some legal ethics scholars.
CEO optimism remains high — survey
By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Reporter MAJORITY of chief executive officers (CEOs) in the Philippines are confident that their organizations will see revenue growth in the next 12 months, despite geopolitical uncertainties, a survey showed. Results of the survey conducted by
Banks’ NPL ratio rises to over two-year high
IIIJAOYINGIII-PIXABAY PHILIPPINE BANKS’ asset quality worsened in July as the industry’s gross nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio rose to its highest in over two years.Preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed the banking industry’s gross NPL ratio went
Philippines is still most disaster-prone country for 16th straight year
Residents wade through the floodwaters in Baseco, Manila, Sept. 2, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANTHE PHILIPPINES remained the most disaster-prone country for the 16th straight year, as it continues to face extreme natural events like typhoons, earthquakes and droughts.In the