A proposed bill that will allow the Philippines to tax tech giants like Facebook, Alphabet’s Google and Youtube, and Netflix, moved a step closer to becoming a law after a lower house committee …
PAGASA: LPA, southwest monsoon to bring rains, thunderstorms over Philippines
A low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon are expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms over CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, and the …
Asia Album: People take shelter at stadium in Manila, the Philippines
People take shelter at a stadium as they wait for free trips back to their hometowns in Manila, the Philippines on July 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) MANILA, July 29 (Xinhua) — People take shelter …
The mythical protectors of the Philippines
A belief system born of indigenous communities in the Philippines could help protect the country’s endangered species, from leopard cats to cloud rats. In a jeepney travelling through Iloilo city in …
Men who flew in from Afghanistan, Philippines NZ’s newest cases of COVID-19
Two new cases of coronavirus have been detected at New Zealand’s border in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has revealed.The first COVID-19 case is a man in his 50s who arrived in New Zealand …
Western Union Expands in the Philippines with Cebuana Lhuillier
Western Union (NYSE:WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Cebuana Lhuillier, the largest and long-tenured microfinancial service provider in the …
South Korea donates COVID-19 test booths, masks, kits
South Korea has donated to the Philippines walk-through test booths for COVID-19, protective masks and testing kits to boost the government’s response against the pandemic.
Shares in Philippines’ new telecom firm surge after Duterte threatens rivals
Shares in top Philippine telecom firms PLDT Inc and Globe Telecom Inc fell on Tuesday after a threat by President Rodrigo Duterte to shut them down, while firms run by a telecom newcomer with ties to …
Taiwan enforces mandatory COVID-19 testing for Filipino travelers
Taiwan has imposed mandatory COVID-19 testing for all Filipino travelers entering or transiting through Taipei as increasing number of imported cases are from the Philippines.
Philippines’ PLDT, Globe shares drop on Duterte closure, takeover threats
Shares in the Philippines biggest telecommunication companies PLDT Inc and Globe Telecom Inc fell on Tuesday after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened closure or government takeover because of what …