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19 January

Underspending remains a growth dampener—WB

Luis Leoncio Underspending in the government remains a spoiler to the Philippines’s economic growth momentum, according to the Philippines Economic Update that the World Bank (WB) released recently as the multilateral lender slashed growth projections this year to 6.5 percent from the previous 6.7 percent.

19 January

My kind of weather, or is it yours?

Alegria A.Imperial / Peregrine Notes Browsing Vanity Fair back in my youth, when nary a shadow of living in Canada hovered on my palm during those lunch-break visits to Aling Cely — Lolit’s, Eileen’s and my personal fortune teller —I , too had fantasized sashaying along snow-paved sidewalks the likes of New York, suffused in the glamour of a fur-trimmed …

19 January

Papal blessing for our suffering

Ed Javier / Where I Stand What better way to start the year than to eagerly await the arrival of Pope Francis?

19 January

Pope Francis in 2016

Edmund Tayao / Mettle Works Almost two years into Pope Francis’s papacy, we have seen how the Catholic Church can be vibrant, forward-looking and ennobling. We have seen it first hand, as he visited us, the biggest Catholic nation in Asia. Many will remember not only the rousing experience of their fleeting encounter with this people’s Pope but more so, …

19 January

Mayweather wants Pacquiao more than ever

LAS VEGAS—Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants a fight with Manny Pacquiao more than ever, a top Showtime executive said Thursday, and negotiations continue to make the long anticipated bout a reality on May 2.

19 January

Basketball’s Glory Years

(Editor’s Note: Excerpted from the sports book “Years of Glory,” a history of Philippine basketball, and the National Five’s seven Olympic stints between 1936 and 1972, written by veteran sportswriters Noel Albano and Ignacio Dee. It will be released in June this year.) (Last of two parts)

19 January

Hyundai reveals hi-lux fighter in Detroit

The HiLux accounted for almost a quarter of that number to be the nation’s third best selling vehicle behind the Corolla and Mazda3. Hyundai has finally revealed the first tangible evidence of its intention to enter the same market segment as Toyota’s HiLux.

19 January

Self-driving cars ready in 3 years

DETROIT—The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years. Chris Urmson says the cars would still be test vehicles, and Google would collect data on how they interact with other vehicles and pedestrians.

19 January

Belgium acts vs terror

BRUSSELS — With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening counterterrorism dragnet across the continent.

19 January

Obama eyes tax hikes

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will call for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans then using the revenue to fund new tax credits and other cost-saving measures for the middle class in his first address before a Republican-led Congress.

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January, 2015