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Will Your Cat Eat Your Corpse?
Here’s a morbid hypothetical: Let’s say you died suddenly, all alone in your house. Would your cat eat you? It’s a question that’s kept many…
Australia’s Bushfires Completely Blasted Through the Models
As other researchers who contributed to the Nature Climate Change series point out, the unprecedented scale of this season’s bushfires, and the drier and warmer…
Astronomy Expands Its Scope From the Heavens to Humans
Maier’s post tapped a vein among some nonbinary scientists, who felt the sting of being overlooked. After all, if you’re a nonbinary person, it’s hard…
Yields on term deposits mixed on concerns over Delta variant
BW FILE PHOTO YIELDS ON THE central bank’s term deposits were mixed on Wednesday, with investors preferring safe assets due to escalating concerns over the…
Filipinos less open to digital payments vs regional peers
REUTERS MORE THAN three-fourths of Filipino consumers are open to tapping digital payments, but they remain more reluctant compared to those in other Southeast Asian…
BSP tells lenders to stop transacting with LYKA
BW FILE PHOTO THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) told banks and other financial institutions to stop making transactions with the social media platform LYKA…
Peso inches up against the dollar despite fears of stricter lockdowns
THE PESO climbed against the dollar on Wednesday despite fears of stricter lockdowns following a rise in cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of…
BSP sees need for new credit norms to evaluate gig workers
DEEZY/PIXABAY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS should consider alternative data beyond the usual credit scoring techniques following the rise in the number of gig-economy workers, a central bank…
PSA cuts second-quarter palay output estimate to 4.17 million MT
PHILSTAR THE second-quarter official estimate for production of palay, or unmilled rice, has been reduced to 4.17 million metric tons (MT), down 1.4% from the…
Community digital hubs seen as bridges to financial inclusion
PHILSTAR By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE DEMOCRATIZATION of financial services in the Philippines continues to improve with the growing participation of communities through…
Valuing sustainability without financializing: Evidence of best practice
OUR TEAM-FREEPIK How can economic actors, who care about increasing shareholder value, truly engage in sustainable practices without oversimplifying it into numbers? In this article,…
Interrupting life, again
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN With the National Capital Region experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases, probably due to the more contagious Delta variant, it…
Hidilyn answered the question… emphatically
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HIDILYNWEIGHTLIFTER With a new Olympic record lift, three-time Olympian Hidilyn Diaz won the country’s first gold medal since its Olympics debut in 1924 at the…
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