Universal Hotels & Resorts, the theme park unit of Comcast subsidiary NBC Universal, is reportedly ready to deliver a new, state-of-the-art gaming-friendly venue to the Philippines.
Thousands of people have been taken into custody by Chinese law enforcement agencies on suspicion of organizing illegal cross-border online gambling since the launch of a massive crackdown in Febru
Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it was tripling its capital base to 165 billion dollars to allow it to respond to the global economic crisis.
The Manila-based ADB said its Board of Governors approved the increase from the current capital base of 55 billion dollars days before an annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia starting on Saturday.
Manila - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to immediately condemn the existence of a death squad that it said has killed more than 800 people in the past decade in a southern city.
The New York-based watchdog lamented that since it released a report on April 6 on the activities of the death squad in Davao City, 990 kilometres south of Manila, that Arroyo had not spoken about the murders.
Manila - Asia-Pacific transport ministers on Wednesday called for immediate steps to contain the spread of a deadly swine flu virus outbreak, but they did not call for a travel ban in the countries affected by the disease. At the end of the 6th Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) Transportation Ministerial Meeting in Manila, the ministers expressed concern over the spread of the swine flu virus, which now affects seven countries, according to the World Health Organization.
Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it was tripling its capital base to 165 billion dollars to allow it to respond to the global economic crisis.
Manila - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to immediately condemn the existence of a death squad that it said has killed more than 800 people in the past decade in a southern city.
Manila - Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange rose 2.05 per cent on Thursday, buoyed by gains in Wall Street and other overseas markets.
Manila - Asia-Pacific transport ministers on Wednesday called for immediate steps to contain the spread of a deadly swine flu virus outbreak, but they did not call for a travel ban in the countries affected by the disease. At the end of the 6th Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) Transportation Ministerial Meeting in Manila, the ministers expressed concern over the spread of the swine flu virus, which now affects seven countries, according to the World Health Organization.
