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GSIS mobile app users exceed 500,000
The Government Service Insurance System headquarters in Pasay, Philippines. May 28, 2012. — BW FILE PHOTO GOVERNMENT Service Insurance System’s (GSIS) mobile app recorded 506,040 registered users and an average of 25,000 users after a year of being available to…
CTA upholds Davao City’s fees on San Miguel Foods
CTA.JUDICIARY.GOV.PH/ LOCAL governments can collect slaughter fees as part of their regulatory powers, the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) ruled, as it upheld the fee imposed on San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) by the Davao City Treasurer’s Office in 2016.…
4Ps beneficiaries to get construction training
PHILSTAR A REGIONAL OFFICE of the Social Welfare department said it has partnered with Knauf Gypsum Philippines, Inc. to train beneficiaries of the government’s cash transfer program in construction work. Mark Dewey Sergio, managing director of Knauf Gypsum Philippines, said…
Britain takes aim at Microsoft’s $69-billion Call of Duty deal
CALLOFDUTY.COM LONDON — Britain placed another hurdle in the way of Microsoft’s $69-billion mega purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, saying it could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry between Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation. The Competition and Markets…
PNRI says Korean firm offers to revive BNPP in five years
A SOUTH Korean company has offered to rehabilitate the nuclear power plant in Bataan, an official of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) said on Thursday. Carlo A. Arcilla, PNRI director, told reporters on the sidelines of an energy forum…
Mamma mia! Pizza got 16% more expensive in the EU last year
ALAN HARDMAN-UNSPLASH THE COST of store-bought pizza and quiche in the European Union (EU) grew in December by 16% from a year earlier, the bloc’s statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday. As food lovers in the US prepared to celebrate…
ERC opposes consolidation of cases on power supply deals
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is appealing the decision of the appellate court to consolidate the cases filed by units of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. “The OSG (Office of the Solicitor General) as our counsel filed a partial motion…
Shania Twain dreams up joyful new music for post-pandemic celebrations
LOS ANGELES — After a life-threatening bout of COVID-19, five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain hopes to bring joy to the world with her new album Queen of Me. Like everyone else, the Canadian singer and songwriter was cooped up during…
Metro Pacific unit inks construction deal for P6-B Candaba project
ÜMIT YILDIRIM-UNSPLASH A UNIT of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) has partnered with CIMIC Group’s Leighton Asia’s Philippines branch for the Candaba third viaduct project, which it projected to cost P6.1 billion. The five-kilometer project is under NLEX Corp., a…