O’No! People with apostrophes in surnames facing passport application issues

MANILA, Philippines — The government’s budget deficit widened to a two-month high in August, as revenues fell more sharply than expenditures, which slid to their lowest level in six months. The Marcos administration incurred a fiscal shortfall of P84.8 billion, 56 percent bigger compared with the level a year ago, the Bureau of the Treasury

MANILA, Philippines — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned against investing in C’preneur Perfume Trading, which is allegedly enticing the public to participate in unauthorized investment schemes. In a Sept. 16 advisory, the commission said C’preneur was supposedly offering investment packages worth P2,500 to as much as P100,000. READ: SEC files criminal complaints

NEW YORK, United States – Gains by tech giants Nvidia, Apple and Oracle helped propel US equity indices to fresh records Monday, overcoming early weakness and concerns the market could be overvalued. For the third straight session, all three major indices powered to new all-time peaks, led by the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which finished