Global ultra-fast fashion giant SHEIN has reportedly filed documents with the UK’s market regulator, signalling an impending flotation on the London Stock Exchange. This move has sparked severe criticism from Amnesty International, which has highlighted the company’s questionable labour and human rights standards. SHEIN, notorious for
Pressure is mounting on the construction industry to bring in fresh talent as new insight shows around 500,000 workers are needed to fill skills gaps. With a number of large-scale, government-funded infrastructure schemes, such as the National Grid expansion, hanging in the balance, the industry would
AN AERIAL VIEW of the BRP Sierra Madre at the contested Second Thomas Shoal on March 9, 2023. — REUTERSBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES does not plan to engage in defense talks with China after a standoff at Second Thomas Shoal in the
REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES has met minimum global standards in the fight against human trafficking for the ninth straight year, with state efforts to prosecute traffickers and enforce monitoring, according to a report by the US Department of State.In its Trafficking in Persons Report published on its
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE US State Department on Tuesday called on the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to step up efforts to resolve politically motivated lawsuits against civic leaders after former Senator Leila M. de Lima’s acquittal from in her last drug trafficking case.“We
PHILSTARTHE HOUSE human rights committee on Tuesday invited ex-Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte to its hearing investigating human rights violations in his deadly drug war.Also invited to the hearing were Senator Ronald “Bato” M. dela Rosa, Mr. Duterte’s police chief, and former Senator Leila M.
DMW FACEBOOK PAGETHE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Tuesday barred Filipino seafarers from boarding ships linked to the owners of Galaxy Leader, M/V Transworld Navigator and M/V Tutor and pass by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden after recent Houthi attacks. The ban
STOCK PHOTO | Image by memyselfaneye from PixabayTHE US Department of Defense is unlikely to admit or deny a fake news campaign against Chinese coronavirus vaccines through Filipino accounts in the Philippines, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. told a Senate foreign relations committee
COTABATO CITY — The political party of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on Monday applied for an accreditation from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to participate in the first ever 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.The MNLF’s Bangsamoro Party,
PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/KING RODRIGUEZTHREE members of the Duterte clan will run for senator in the 2025 midterm elections, Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio said on Tuesday.Her father ex-President Rodrigo R. Duterte, and her brothers Davao City Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte would
The UK’s primary political parties have failed to address critical issues surrounding public finances in their manifestos, and it would be a “considerable surprise” if taxes are not raised within the next five years, according to a leading think tank. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
The world’s leading record labels have initiated a landmark lawsuit against two artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, alleging extensive copyright violations. Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records claim that Suno and Udio have infringed on their copyrighted material on an “almost unimaginable scale.” The labels