Metro Business
LPG, pump prices rise again
After a price rollback last week, oil prices are up again this week starting Tuesday morning, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In separate advisories, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced a big-time hike on prices of gasoline by P1.05 per liter and P0.80-increase per li...
Meralco freezes disconnection activities
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said on Tuesday that it is again suspending disconnection activities in the Province of Laguna beginning August 1 to 15 and the National Capital Region (NCR) from August 6 to 20, 2021. The announcement came after the Government placed NCR on ECQ from Aug...
MPIC receives 2 Stevie awards
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) was lauded in the eighth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, garnering two Stevie® Awards for its corporate social responsibility initiatives in service of vulnerable sectors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 900 nominations from organizatio...
SMC to inoculate 35,000 employees in five weeks
Over 35,000 employees and extended workforce of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines in the next five weeks, as the company fast-tracks its “Ligtas lahat” vaccination program following the delivery of the first tranche of Astra Zeneca vaccines s...
PLDT Enterprise launches eLearning online store
The largest fully integrated telecommunications company in the Philippines PLDT, through its B2B arm PLDT Enterprise and wireless unit Smart Communications, has partnered with Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) Inc. for the launch of the OLFU Smart Online Store that aims to support the digital lea...
CTA dismisses PAL's petition for excise tax refund
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down a petition for review filed by Philippine Airlines (PAL), which sought a refund of PHP4.49 million in excise taxes for the importation of various liquors and wines as part of its in-flight and commissary supplies from October 2012 to March 2013, accordi...
110 companies receive safety seal
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has so far awarded over 100 safety seal certifications to different companies nationwide, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Data from the DOLE - Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC) released on Wednesday showed that some 110 firms from...
Gov't issues work guidelines for delivery riders
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday has issued rules in determining the employment relationship between food delivery and courier riders and their respective digital platforms, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In an advisory, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ...
PH adds 2.2 million new jobs
Jobs in the country increased by 2.2 million from the pre-pandemic level, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said in a report by Philippine News Agency. In an interview with PTV after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday evening, Chua said through risk management and ...
UK legislators warn about Bloomberg's anti-vaping agenda
A group of parliamentarians in the United Kingdom expressed concern over the participation of anti-vaping organizations funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties 9 (FCTC COP 9) meeting in November this year t...
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