Popular chat app accused of spying on Google Play

ABU DHABI – The popular mobile application ToTok developed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has returned to the Google Play Store after it was removed...
American importers of French cheese, bubbly and porcelain are raising their voices in Washington, hoping against hope they can outweigh Silicon Valley giants in a battle over tariffs on luxury items from France. BRUCE YAN/SCMP

As Trump tariffs loom, US wine lovers battle tech giants

WASHINGTON – American importers of French cheese, bubbly and porcelain are raising their voices here, hoping against hope they can outweigh Silicon Valley giants in a...
A private security guard watches journalists through a closing garage door after a vehicle arrived at the house of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. AP

Japan says Ghosn’s escape ‘inexcusable’

TOKYO – Japan’s justice minister on Sunday called the flight of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges inexcusable and...
Vogue Italia’s Jan. 2020 covers. Photo by Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia eschews photos for sustainable January issue

ROME – Vogue Italia has produced its first issue of the new year and decade with an eye on sustainability, substituting fashion illustrations for photographs in...
Trucks transporting containers with imported items are prepared to leave a port in Manila. REUTERS

Export diversification, product innovation pushed

MANILA – The Philippines needs to diversify its exports and market destinations and introduce more product innovations to boost its export performance, according to a paper...
A boy carries a portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the United States airstrike in Iraq, prior to the Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. AP

US-Iran tensions to impact PH oil prices, OFW remittances

INCREASING tensions in the Middle East following the killing of Iran’s top military leader during United States’ (US’) airstrike in Baghdad could lead to a possible...

Iloilo City extends work hours for biz permit renewal

ILOILO City – The Business Permits and Licensing Office (BLPO) here is open on Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate applicants for the renewal of business permits until...

17-K NegOcc firms register for biz names in 2019

BACOLOD City – A total of 17,008 firms in Negros Occidental registered their business names in 2019, records of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here...

12 projects up for NEDA Board nod

TWELVE infrastructure projects with a cumulative worth of at least P557.44 billion are now up for approval of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board. On...

Ryanair CEO may not get Max until October – report

BERLIN – Ryanair may only receive its first delivery of the grounded 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing in October, chief executive Michael O’Leary said in an...