Rishi Sunak has defended the government’s Covid-era Bounce Back Loan (BBL) scheme against claims that it was plagued by excessive fraud, telling the Covid-19 Inquiry that the need to act quickly outweighed the risks. The former chancellor said he was fully aware of the scheme’s vulnerabilities
London, Dec. 17, 2025 – Renowned scientists Dr. Norberto da Rocha Keppe (Austrian/Brazilian) and Dr. Claudia Bernhardt de Souza Pacheco (Italian/Brazilian) are facing barriers in the global dissemination of their work due to an active U.S. arrest warrant dating back to 1988. The warrant, stemming
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The 2025 Ten Outstanding Firefighters of the Philippines: On the stage, from left to right, are FO2 Bernard P. Sureta, FO3 Dianne Daphne P. Bruno, SFO2 Donn Canlas Anloague, SPF01 Jan Vincent R. Alba, FCINSP Zardoz V. Abela, FSSUPT Bartolome O. Beliran, FSUPT Josephus Franco
The UK is set to rejoin the Erasmus programme, restoring access for British students to the EU-funded study, training and volunteering scheme five years after the country ended its participation following Brexit. Ministers are expected to confirm the move this week, with UK students understood to
The European Commission has watered down its flagship plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, following intense lobbying from carmakers concerned about slowing demand for electric vehicles. Under existing rules, all new cars sold in the EU from 2035 were
LIFTING MSMEs: Financing for every stage of business - BusinessWorld Online Access to credit widens for micro, small and medium enterprises under LANDBANK’S LIFTING MSMEs
Britain’s largest chemical plant will remain open after Ineos secured more than £120 million in government support in a deal designed to safeguard around 500 jobs at its Grangemouth petrochemicals site. The rescue package will keep the Ineos Olefins & Polymers facility operating after the future
OpenAI has appointed George Osborne as managing director and head of its OpenAI for Countries initiative, tasking the former chancellor with leading the company’s global push to work with governments on national artificial intelligence strategies. Osborne, 54, who served as Conservative chancellor from 2010 to 2016,
Federal Land exits Crown Central Properties - BusinessWorld Online https://federalproperties.net/Federal Land, Inc., the property arm of GT Capital Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary Horizon Land Property
JICAPhilippine lawmakers cut funding for two flagship railway projects in the proposed P6.793-trillion budget for 2026, citing sluggish construction and a need to divert resources to more urgent government programs. The bicameral conference committee on late Tuesday slashed the allocations for the 147-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway to P30.6 billion from P57.6
Gov’t to begin scaled-down EDSA rehabilitation on Dec. 24 - BusinessWorld Online PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSThe government will begin a scaled-down rehabilitation of Epifanio de los Santos