GOOGLE is on track to complete its project to connect the Philippines, Taiwan and the United States through the latest state-of-the-art multicore fiber (MCF) technology which will offer faster and cheaper internet connectivity.

New U.S. legislation aimed to stop the use of slave labor in China’s Xinjiang region has the potential to severely disrupt America’s $150 billion fashion industry. At risk is the industry’s access to the 20 percent of the world’s cotton that’s produced in the region, and the fate of 1 million Uyghurs held in China’s prison camps there.

It was a microsnail, its shell just about the size of an ant, and it was found crawling along the jagged limestone boulders of Masungi Georeserve, looking for lichens and other vegetation to feed on. While the snail carries its shell in a typical position when it moves, with the pointed whorl at the top, when resting in crevices it moves its shell so that the whorl is underneath.

Through no fault of its own, the Sangley Point International Airport Project has found itself in the middle of the competition between the United States and China for dominance in the Asia-Pacific region. China’s claim of ownership over several islands in the South China Sea and their conversion to military installations are being challenged by the United States through naval patrols in the area.

Ten to 15 regional headquarters of multinational companies (MNCs) have pulled out of the country, according to the Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters Inc

The Philippines may have been named the top investment destination for 2018, but the government must provide more impetus particularly for foreign investors and encourage them to pour capital into the country, an economist said.