LUXEMBOURG — The European Union’s (EU) top court on Wednesday, ruled that the bloc’s new laws on plain tobacco packaging and a ban on menthol cigarettes were legal, rejecting a challenge by tobacco giant Philip Morris and others.
WASHINGTON — Businesses better have good evidence to back up claims of health benefits from their products, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday, after the Supreme Court rejected POM Wonderful’s challenge to FTC findings that the juice maker’s advertising was misleading.
By Cecille Santillan-Visto
SEOUL — There are several music television shows in Korea that pit K-pop groups against each other.
ROME — Four Chinese policemen will patrol the streets of Rome and Milan alongside their Italian counterparts for the next two weeks to help protect wealthy visitors from China during a peak tourism period, officials from both countries said on Monday.
By Cecille Santillan-Visto
SEOUL — Unlike the typical pop group with a limited shelf life, Korean band CNBLUE is like fine wine — they get better with age.
WHILE Philippine history — as the joke goes, we stayed 300 years in the convent (under Spain) and 50 years in Hollywood (under the USA) — would logically push us to a preference for pale skin, the obsession with whiteness is not confined to this archipelago. It is a global mission that is as old as the Egyptian, Roman, and Greek civilizations.
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Niño weather phenomenon have clogged Chile’s Pacific beaches in recent months.
LONDON — Experimental British rockers Radiohead released a video for a song entitled “Burn The Witch” on Tuesday but kept fans hanging on for details of their long-awaited new album.
NEW DELHI — India’s highest court on Wednesday, ordered cigarette manufacturers to comply with controversial new rules requiring bigger health warnings on packets that sparked weeks-long factory shutdowns.
Embarking on a journey of wellness may seem daunting, especially for busy, multi-tasking homemakers. Nestlé Philippines, through the Nestlé Club, has launched a campaign that enables homemakers “to take small, easy steps to start a life of wellness.”
The latest BusinessWorld-SWS pre-election poll saw Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. and Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Maria Leonor G. Robredo racing neck-to-neck for the vice-presidency. Read the full story.
