Dutch probe Spanish van with gas canisters after terror tip
ROTTERDAM -- Dutch police are investigating possible terror links after arresting a Spaniard driving a van containing gas canisters close to a rock concert...
Senate proposes sugar-content tiers for TRAIN beverage tax
THE SENATE committee on ways and means is eyeing a multi-tiered excise tax based on sugar content, but capped at P5 per liter instead...
Wage hikes in China bring some jobs and factories back to Japan
WHILE there is no end in sight to off-shoring by Japanese companies, signs are emerging that surging wages in China are encouraging at least some...
Competition law and the issue of relevant markets
By Jemy Gatdula
The transitory period set by the Philippine Competition Commission ended last Aug. 8. From thereon, as stated in the PCC’s Facebook account: “an existing...
Ayala, GE invest P1.3B to open 100 clinics by 2020
By Krista A. M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
AYALA Corp. is ramping up the expansion of its health care business in partnership with US-based conglomerate General Electric...
Insurance brokerage income climbs in 2016 as commissions drop
THE Insurance Commission (IC) saw income from brokerage activities inch up last year, despite lower commissions earned, due to the growing online platforms.
In a...
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...