Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, in another blast at his country’s traditional ally. American forces took three bells from the Catholic church of Balangiga town on the eastern island of Samar in 1901 as war … Read more
A major Philippine bank shut down online access and its cash machines for a second day Thursday because of a glitch that drained some accounts but added money into others, creating at least one instant “billionaire”. Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), the country’s third biggest bank by assets and with eight million customers, was … Read more
A major Philippine bank shut down online transactions and cash machines on Wednesday after money went missing from accounts, triggering fears it had been hacked even as company officials said it was an internal computer error. Customers of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) were shocked on Wednesday morning to see unauthorised withdrawals and deposits … Read more