THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has eased the documentary requirements for common tower providers as the country remains in a state of public health emergency due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

MANILA — The Philippines’ anti-money laundering agency on Monday said it would conduct a “swift and thorough” investigation into scandal-hit German payment firm Wirecard AG and that it has drawn up an initial list of people and entities of interest.

THE National Telecommunications Commision (NTC) committed to the House of Representatives that it would order ABS-CBN Corp. to stop airing programs through digital television receivers or digiboxes.

AN AFFILIATE of Ayala-led AC Energy, Inc. and Spanish distribution utility Iberdrola, S.A. are now in a bidding war to take over an Australian energy company after both firms have raised their offer prices.

THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) will still go after Philippine offshore gaming operation (POGO) companies that are leaving the country to make them pay their tax obligations, the Finance chief said.

TODAYXFUTURE, a bar in Cubao, was the one place in the world where heiresses in Chanel could dance to songs by the Sexbomb Dancers. It was one of the few places in the city where 20-somethings danced to “The Ghost In You” by The Psychedelic Furs, and other New Wave and disco hits. Within a few minutes, the same crowd would also be dancing to Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own,” a perennial crowd favorite that always brought shrieks of elation. More importantly, as a safe space for queer individuals, it was one of the few places in the world where I felt secure holding another man’s hand. And now it’s gone.

THE Instituto Cervantes de Manila and the Embassy of Spain will be showing Spanish film classics in a film cycle called Clásicos contigo/Classics with You, during the weekends of July, for free, through the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel.

LOS ANGELES — Animated TV comedy The Simpsons is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color, producers said on Friday.

THERE will be fewer regional super malls and more town centers as the pandemic forces a drastic change in consumer behavior, according to a leading urban planner.

THE GOVERNMENT upsized the volume of Treasury bills (T-bills) it awarded on Monday as strong demand pulled rates below the two-percent level following the surprise easing move by the central bank last week.

DMCI Homes is set to start turning over units at the second building of its Sheridan Towers project in July.

SYDNEY/BEIJING — The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.