Uber suspension cuts Metro Manila travel time by 5% — MMDA
THE SUSPENSION imposed against Uber Philippines, a unit of Uber Systems, Inc., has improved travel times on Metro Manila’s roads, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority...
Descent to Barbarism
By Luis V. Teodoro
The wanton killings by the police and their surrogate assassins that are the main, in fact the only, component of the brutal and misdirected...
Macron gains support in bid to revamp EU’s cheap-labor rules
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron picked up support in his bid to overhaul European Union rules on cheap labor in the first leg of a...
UPS eyes bigger market share in Philippines
UNITED PARCEL Service, Inc. (UPS) is targeting to expand its presence in the Philippines, particularly in the key sectors of industrial manufacturing, automotive manufacturing,...
Peso ends at two-week high
THE PESO strengthened versus the greenback yesterday to log its best showing in nearly two weeks, with dollar inflows and negative remarks by US...
In Lebanon, salt producers fear craft is drying up
AT 93, Elias al-Najjar has spent half a century harvesting salt by hand from ponds on Lebanon’s Mediterranean shore, but he and his colleagues...
Rising state-inspired murders and an increased budget
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
The second week of August 2017 would possibly be the bloodiest in the drugs war of the Duterte administration. More than 80 people were...
Stocks eke out gains as investors seek catalysts
By Krista A.M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
STOCKS eked out gains in lackluster trading on Thursday, as investors search for new catalysts to sustain the benchmark index’s...
July marks third month of budget gap
THE GOVERNMENT saw the third straight month of deficit in July, with revenues recovering from the previous month’s fall and spending maintaining its double-digit...
Firms train sights on infrastructure opportunities with local gov’ts
By Krista A.M. Montealegre
National Correspondent
COMPANIES are racing to identify infrastructure opportunities at the local government level to satisfy their thirst for growth after the...
Fed chief risks exposing old vulnerabilities in emerging Asian economies
HONG KONG/MUMBAI/JAKARTA -- The populist leaders of India, Indonesia and the Philippines won office with promises of massive spending to upgrade their nation’s roads,...
Lacson: Faeldon benefited from BoC corruption
RECENTLY RESIGNED Bureau of Customs (BoC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon was among the individuals identified by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Wednesday as among...