REUTERSMORE than half of European businesses surveyed see ASEAN as providing the best economic opportunities over the next five years, the European Union-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) said.In EU-ABC’s 10th EU-ASEAN Business Sentiment Survey, 61% of the 399 respondents singled out

US ARMY PACIFICTHE PHILIPPINES is considering all security options that would deter Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, after the US said it does not plan on pulling out its missile system it left in Manila, according to the

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE SENATE plans to ratify the Philippines’ reciprocal access agreement with Japan by year-end despite being busy with next year’s national budget, according to the Senate president.At a forum with foreign journalists, Senate

PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMORBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES’  Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it’s investigating one or two companies that were likely behind the overstaying of more than 800 container vans carrying rice imports at a Manila

SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS FACEBOOK PAGEDISMISSED Bamban Mayor Alice L. Guo told senators on Tuesday she would be willing to reveal the supposed international crime syndicate pulling the strings behind the offshore gaming operations in Tarlac province in an executive session.“I