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NEW YORK, The world’s largest dedicated ethics and compliance company, LRN Corporation, has become the exclusive headline partner of the ICA Compliance Awards 2025. This partnership marks a significant milestone for both LRN and the International Compliance Association (ICA), as they unite to celebrate excellence and innovation in the compliance sector. As part of this exclusive partnership, LRN and ICA experts have worked together to create three new categories for the awards programme: Source: BERNAMA News Agency

LONDON, Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, today published its Future of Alternatives 2029 report. Preqin forecasts the global alternatives industry to reach $29.2tn in assets under management (AUM) by 2029, from $16.8tn at the end of 2023. While not part of the official report forecasts, the analysis predicts the industry is on course to exceed $30tn in AUM by 2030. This signifies an annualized growth rate of 9.7% in the forecast period, 2023-end to 2029, which represents a slowdown from 10.5% during the 2017-2023 period due to softer expectations for the private equity and

BACOLOD CITY-The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) filed complaints for disobedience and direct assault against leaders and members of transport groups who held a rally without a permit and injured police officers along Lacson St. on Wednesday. The respondents belong to the Bacolod Alliance of Commuters Operators and Drivers Inc. (Bacod)-Manibela, Kabacod Negros Transport Organization (Knetco), and United Negros Drivers and Operator Center-Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Undoc-Piston). These groups protested they were not invited to the private group-organized Visayas Public Transportation Modernization Program Summit and the Philippine Commercial Vehicle Show and attempted to enter the

ILOILO CITY – Three nominees from Iloilo and Antique were named by the Civil Service Commission as 2024 Outstanding Government Workers during the awarding rites at the ceremonial hall in Malacañang on Wednesday. Social Worker Ann Rapunzel Ganzon of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) of Iloilo and Wilson Batislaon, the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources officer of the municipality of Leganes in Iloilo, received the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the highest award given to public servants for exceptional or extraordinary contributions with nationwide impact on public interest, security, and patrimony. Darryl Arguelles, Principal II of the Department

Manila: The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said the country has logged 4,575 cases of leptospirosis from Jan. 1 to Sept. 7, eleven percent higher compared to the 4,112 cases recorded for the same period last year. Some 393 deaths were logged among the cases this year, which is 17 percent lower than the 475 deaths in the same period last year. While the overall tally of cases is higher this year, the DOH noted that there is a decreasing trend in leptospirosis cases in the recent weeks. “From 1,726 cases reported from July 28 to August 10, 2024,