‘997 children got sick after vaccination’ Nearly a thousand children in public schools had fallen ill over a five-month period after receiving their first dose of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, The STAR learned yesterday. […]
Info-sharing platform to ease doing business The Department of Finance (DOF) along with the Departments of Information Technology (DICT) and of Interior and Local Government (DILG) led the launch of a digital platform that would […]
US to export $3 B worth of agricultural goods to PH in 2018 As it sees its total agricultural exports going up to US$140 billion in 2018, the United States is expecting the Philippines to […]
US, PH begin FTA discussions The Philippines and the United States have begun Wednesday discussions on negotiating and concluding a possible bilateral free trade agreement, according to Ceferino Rodolfo, undersecretary of the Department of Trade […]
Duterte wants Charter change to limit powers PRESIDENT Duterte on Tuesday night said he is pushing for the amendment of the Constitution, not to prolong his stay in power or become a dictator but to […]
Uber data breach affected PH; officials may be liable The National Privacy Commission (NPC) yesterday warned the local unit of Uber Technologies Inc. could face legal charges for concealing to the public that the data […]
ADB OKs $300M infra loan for PH The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $300 million loan and a $500,000 technical assistance grant to support the government of the Philippines’ efforts […]
Philippines: Ag sector grows 6.27% in Q3, farmer income by 3.68% The agriculture sector grew 6.27 percent in the third quarter this year compared to the same period last year, with farmers’ income rising 3.68 […]
PH to liberalize 8 sectors In a bid to raise the Philippines’ level of competitiveness, Malacañang has directed the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board and its member-agencies to ease or lift some restrictions […]
PH internet becoming more affordable The country’ mobile and fixed broadband services have become more affordable in recent years, according to the latest report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). — Malaya Smuggled agri […]
Foreign firms generating super-profits from PH telecom duopoly IN my column of October 30, I showed that one major reason why we have such poor telecoms in this country is because PLDT and Globe Telecom […]
China offered as 3rd telco President Duterte has offered China the “privilege” to be the Philippines’ third telecoms operator, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said yesterday. — Malaya Philippines ranks 45th in world talent competitiveness Despite […]