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The global anxiety over the deadly 2019 novel corona virus (nCoV) has drowned out attention that should also be given to pneumonia and other diseases like polio or tuberculosis, according to an expert and professor on infectious diseases. Dr. Lulu C. Bravo, executive director of Philippine Foundation for Vaccination and professor on pediatric infectious and tropical diseases at the College …

Leading cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. has appointed a new plant manager to lead its Davao facility, which recently completed upgrades to better support the strong construction activity in Southern Mindanao. Holcim Davao is now led by Samuel O. Manlosa, Jr. He took over on 6 January 2019 from Xavier Arul Kennedy Savarimuthu, who has been reassigned by the LafargeHolcim …

Manila Water would like to state certain facts in the interest of public discussion on the award recently issued by an arbitral tribunal in favor of Manila Water as administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). We wish to clarify that the PCA is an internationally recognized inter-governmental organization.

Government and stakeholders gather to discuss the Philippines’ trade agenda The Department of Trade and Industry will hold the One Country, One Voice (OCOV) Forum on International Trade, “Seizing Opportunities Amidst the Challenges of International Trade,” on 4 December 2019 at the New World Hotel, Makati City. The OCOV Forum will bring together thought leaders and practitioners from the government, …

The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has expressed interest in bringing in big manufacturing enterprises in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), tapping the region’s vast workforce to make processed Halal (Islamic) food and rubber products, among others.

Malacañang remains optimistic in meeting its macroeconomic targets amid the lower-below-expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the year.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has collected an initial P186 million in withholding taxes from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and is getting another P170 million this month in tax payments from these businesses employing foreign nationals.

With global growth likely to remain sluggish for the remainder of 2019, the government must exert all efforts in boosting domestic demand and exports’ competitiveness to improve the Philippines’ trade performance, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

Not only is Iza Calzado the senior among the bunch of these young beauties in local tinsel town she’s also the most independent of them all.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced on Friday that beginning Thursday next week (August 15), motorists who have paid the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) fees from August 1, 2009, to January 15, 2010, will be given refunds from their local LTO offices.