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Asiabest Group International Inc. (ABG) is asking shareholders to back a pair of multibillion-peso acquisitions that could fast-track its transformation from a listed holding firm into a broader infrastructure and property player.

Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya marked the opening of the De La Salle University (DLSU) Japan Festival Week today, kicking off a week-long celebration dedicated to the 70th anniversary of diplomatic and cultural relations between Japan and the Philippines.

ACMobility and Basic Energy Corp. are fast tracking the country's electric vehicle transition by joining forces to build a nationwide charging network for electric buses in a move that could remove one of the biggest roadblocks to cleaner public transportation.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has cleared over P2.06 billion worth of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) and bridges for construction across six provinces, aimed at cutting logistics costs and helping farmers and fisherfolk reach markets more easily.

The Senate impeachment court on Monday elected Senator Francis Escudero as presiding officer in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, prevailing in a 12-4 vote despite objections that the move could face constitutional scrutiny. Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Pia Cayetano argued that the 1987 Constitution requires the Senate President, now Senator Win Gatchalian, a non-lawyer, preside over impeachment trials except when the President is the respondent. The siblings warned that naming another senator could invite legal challenges, noting that a petition questioning the designation of a presiding officer has already been filed before the Supreme Court by Alan Peter Cayetano.