The Philippines says it will charge the major news site Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, with tax evasion. Prosecutors said on Friday they also have grounds to indict founder Maria Ressa for violating tax laws after not declaring gains made in tax returns. Rappler has denied the charges, calling the case […]
Powerful commercial interests control or influence much of the media. The lively TV scene is dominated by free-to-air networks ABS-CBN and GMA. Some Manila-based networks broadcast in local languages. Cable TV has extensive reach. Films, comedies and entertainment shows attract the largest audiences. There are more than 600 radio stations. With around 100 outlets, Manila […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Nov 10. PAP exco election set to give younger leaders bigger role in party Someone from PAP’s central executive committee will eventually become Singapore’s next prime minister, taking over from PM Lee, who has made clear he intends to hand over to a successor […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will seek to increase the tempo of trade talks with the United States and set out its negotiating mandate for a deal to remove tariffs in the coming months, the Austrian presidency of the bloc said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has taken an aggressive stance on […]
Mahinda Rajapaksa, the man who dominated Sri Lanka as president for a decade, is now back at the summit of political power as prime minister. He is yet to receive the assent of parliament, but many now fear the return of a man accused of presiding over serious human rights abuses, as Charles Haviland reports. […]
What is happening in Sri Lanka right now sits somewhere in between House of Cards, Game of Thrones and Shakespeare’s darkest Roman plays. It involves a man who betrayed his leader only now to return him to power, an alleged murder plot, and two men laying claim to a grand white mansion that is a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House adviser Peter Navarro on Friday lashed out at efforts by current and former Wall Street executives to urge the United States and China to resolve their trade dispute, calling them “unregistered foreign agents” who were trying to pressure President Donald Trump into a deal. “When these unpaid foreign agents engage […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait’s prosecutors have asked Dubai to release $500 million in funds belonging to a Kuwaiti private equity fund that were frozen as part of a money laundering investigation, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The funds, held at a Dubai-based bank, were frozen at the behest of the United Arab Emirates […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares slipped on Friday as mining and oil stocks sold off and weak results from Thyssenkrupp and Richemont weighed on sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.4 percent but held on to a small gain for the week, its second in the black after a harsh sell-off in October. The end-week […]
SINGAPORE – What started as a simple journey home for Mr Kuang Bor Yuan, his wife and his sister-in-law on Tuesday night (Nov 6) ended with a trip to the hospital for the trio. Mr Kuang said they had just taken the train to King Albert Park MRT station and were on the escalator to […]