DOF exec hopeful e-cigarette tax to pass bicam
MANILA - A
ranking Department of Finance (DOF) official is optimistic that lawmakers will adopt
the proposal to have a P45 excise tax on electronic cigarette...
Court convicts glass, aluminum supplier due to violation of SS Law
THE state-run
Social Security System (SSS) on Wednesday said a regional trial court (RTC) convicted
a glass and aluminum supplier due to willful violation of Republic...
Wall Street tumbles as trade war threatens US economy
WALL Street’s main indexes suffered
their sharpest one-day declines in nearly six weeks on Wednesday after
employment and manufacturing data suggested that the United States (US)-China
trade...
Wilcon Depot rewards 1-M loyalty points
THE country’s
leading home improvement and construction supply retailer, Wilcon Depot,
celebrates its 42nd anniversary in the industry giving away one million loyalty
rewards points and exciting...
NEDA urges telecommuting, longer paternity leave as women’s labor participation drops
WOMEN’S declining labor participation
rate in the country can be addressed by allowing them to work from home and
extending their partners’ paternal leave, according to...
DOE drafts bill establishing strategic fuel reserve
MANILA - The
Department of Energy (DOE) is drafting a bill establishing a strategic
petroleum reserve to cushion the impact of the rising oil prices on consumers
and...
DOST 6 to bring ‘smart science bus’ in Iloilo City
RECENTLY launched
mobile science learning facility of the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) called nuLab, will soon land in Iloilo City to join the DOST...
Stocks, peso weaken on lingering trade issues
MANILA - Risk-off
sentiments in the financial market related to trade events in the United States
(US) resulted in the weakness of both the Philippine Stock...
No need to import sugar for now – SRA
MANILA - Sugar Regulatory
Administration (SRA) administrator Hermenegildo Serafica said Tuesday there is
no need for additional importation of sugar for now given the arrival of...
Toyota packs more tech, style, refinement into new 2020 C-HR
Are you still dreaming of this
subcompact crossover?
It seems like it was just yesterday that everyone in the country was drooling over the prospect of the...