Hong Kong beats Singapore in several aspects as an international financial centre, according to a senior official, who also revealed that a two-day global investment summit will be expanded to three days next month, coinciding with a big fintech festival in Singapore. But Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, who drew the comparison in a blog post on Sunday after a …

A three-year-old child who survived last week’s atrocity at a kindergarten in northeast Thailand slept through the carnage under a blanket in a classroom corner. Paveenut Supolwong, also known as “Ammy,” is typically a light sleeper; nevertheless, on Thursday, October 6, when the killer entered the nursery and murdered 22 children, Ammy was fast sleeping with the blanket covering her …

Seth Fedelin admitted during a lie detector test that he had had a crush on his fellow actor Francine Diaz. As seen on their YouTube page on Wednesday, September 21st, the actor revealed this during a lie detector test challenge with his teen group The Squad. While Diaz was sitting in front of him, Fedelin was asked, “Is it true …

Former Senator Leila de Lima was taken hostage early on Sunday morning by three detainees as they were being kept in the custodial facility of the Philippine National Police. According to Rodolfo Azurin Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police, the incident took place about 6:30 in the morning. According to Azurin, a police officer who was delivering meals to …

Thursday, October 6th, PLEDIS Entertainment, the agency of the K-pop group SEVENTEEN, issued a warning over the recent unacceptable behavior of the group’s followers. Members’ safety and privacy have been compromised by acts such as stalking, excessive physical contact, capturing close-up images and videos, invasion of privacy, and inappropriately gaining information about their whereabouts or flights. According to PLEDIS, these …

Recognizing that many of its early followers are Filipinos, the South Korean girl band Lapillus selected the Philippines as the first stop on its international promotional tour. Chanty, a Filipino member of the group, is ecstatic to return. Chanty stated at a press briefing for Lapillus, whose two-week itinerary in Manila includes picture shoots, guest appearances on radio and television, …

Friday, October 7th, the Vatican reminded North Korea, whose latest missile launches have heightened tensions in Asia, that Pope Francis is eager to visit the nation if Pyongyang extends an official invitation. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister, made the remarks at an event commemorating South Korea’s national day. “Pope Francis has a special affinity for and interest in …

On Friday (October 7), Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated that the world governing body of football, FIFA, will not impose sanctions on the country as a result of a stadium stampede that occurred the previous week and resulted in the deaths of 131 people. The president of Indonesia announced in a video message that the country’s management of football matches …

PLDT is requesting that Dito Telecommunity pay P429 million in service costs, which Dito Telecommunity has refused to pay. In a filing with the stock exchange on Friday, October 7, the Pangilinan-led PLDT notified Dennis Uy’s Dito of a material breach and demanded payment for the construction and provisioning of transmission facilities that Dito is currently utilizing to deliver telecommunications …

Two weeks ago, on October 2, Seventeen aired a live broadcast in which Joshua discussed the awful events that occurred to him and his mother in Manila. According to Joshua, they were scheduled to travel to Vietnam during Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), but ended up flying to Manila due to a visa issue. “Recently, I traveled with my mother. We had …