Canada central bank cuts key lending rate citing Trump tariffs

TORONTO, Canada — Canada’s central bank cut its key lending rate on Wednesday, offering a boost to borrowers in an economy squeezed by US President Donald Trump’s trade war. The Bank of Canada reduced the rate to 2.5 percent, after holding it at 2.75 percent since March as it weighed the impact of Trump’s fluctuating tariffs

Balangauan, Oro forge taut Negros victories

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Tashanah Balangauan stood over a four-foot putt on the 18th green surrounded by pressure. No problem. The 16-year-old Cebuana frained the clutch par and sealed her second win in the Junior Philippine Golf Tour’s Visayas-Mindanao swing, edging Precious Zaragosa in a tense finale to the ICTSI Negros Occidental Junior PGT Championship on Wednesday. “It