1 of 2 FOLK-POP outfit Ben&Ben has finally settled on what to name its fandom after several back and forths. This came after announcing then retracting the original name, Lights, on the same day, Sept. 3, after realizing that Lights was already an existing K-pop fandom name. The new name, Liwanag, the Filipino term for […]
A SUBSIDIARY of Ayala-led Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (IMI) is planning to list at the New York Stock Exchange through an initial public offering. In a disclosure on the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday, IMI said its unit VIA optronics AG has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The […]
REED HASTINGS is releasing a memoir entitled ‘No Rules Rules.’ — PHOTOGRAPHER: KWAKU ALSTON/NETFLIX By Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg ABOUT three years ago, Reed Hastings set out to answer a question that had bedeviled Hollywood for the past decade: How did a small DVD-by-mail company build the most popular TV service in the world? Mr. Hastings, […]
PHILSTAR THE Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) said expediting the approvals process for power projects is expected to unlock about P200 billion worth of project proposals currently pending. The commission said at its budget hearing before the House appropriations committee that it wants more personnel to process the applications. However, its proposed budget for personnel services […]
REUTERS THE PHILIPPINES has partially lifted a ban on poultry imports from Brazil in the form of mechanically-deboned meat (MDM). In a memorandum order Monday, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said poultry MDM from Brazil is now allowed after Brazilian authorities submitted documents detailing measures taken to prevent the meat from being infected with coronavirus […]
By John Patrick L. Paumig For foreign and domestic investors, selling shares in Philippine companies have always been fraught with difficulty and uncertainty. In the past, the most complex issue has been the determination of the fair market value of the shares to be sold. The rules created various complications and requirements that […]
PHILIPPIINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Vann Marlo M. Villegas and Gillian M. Cortez, Reporters LOCAL coronavirus infections have slowed, according to the chief enforcer of the government’s anti-virus efforts. The curve has flattened, while the country’s healthcare system has improved, national task force chief implementer Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. told an online news briefing on […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has pardoned a US marine whom a Philippine court convicted in 2015 for killing a transgender Filipino sex worker in a case that had ignited anti-American sentiment in the former US colony. Joseph Scott Pemberton, whose release for good conduct was held by prison officials after an appeal by his victim’s […]
THE TRANSPORTATION department has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard to help secure the country’s rail facilities after twin blasts in Jolo in Southern Philippines killed 14 people and wounded at least 75 others. The Coast Guard will deploy 40 K9 units at stations and facilities of the Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2, Metro […]
REUTERS More than 190,000 workers from 10,177 businesses have been displaced by the coronavirus pandemic, the Labor department said in its latest report. The agency said 89% of the workers came from companies that cut their workforce, while the rest lost their jobs because of permanent closures. It said 41, 560 displaced workers came from […]