The Extended Producers’ Responsibility (EPR) Act has already lapsed into law, Senator Cynthia Villar reported. During the plenary session Tuesday, July 26, Villar, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, said the EPR Law would now mandate large...
Malacañang took back its controversial memorandum circular (MC) that removed all contractual and casual employees from their positions effective June 30 and instead extended their term until the end of the year. Memorandum Circular No. 3 This came almost a month after Executive Secretary Vic...
State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) extended the condonation program for its former members until June 30 this year. (Image courtesy of GSIS) The extension of Program for Restructuring and Repayment of Debts (PRRD) aims to give GSIS inactive members more time to pay their...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has extended free rides for the public at the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) until May 30, 2022 from 4:40AM to 10:10PM, the state agency announced Wednesday, April 27. The DOTr's free ride program, meant to assist commuters hard hit by fuel and commodity...
Both houses of Congress and Malacañang approved the extension of Air Philippines' franchise for the next 25 years, according to PAL Express Officer-in-Charge Rabbi Vincent Ang's official statement issued Wednesday, April 27. Air Philippines operates as PAL Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of...
KROMA Entertainment, a company backed by the Globe Telecom Group, recently launched its “tradigital” brand of entertainment combining the physical and virtual worlds via extended reality (xR) disguise. Unlike green screen execution, xR disguise is a more dynamic and intense production, allowing...
Claroty Biannual Report Industrial control system (ICS) vulnerability disclosures grew a staggering 110% over the last four years, with a 25% increase in the second half (2H) of 2021 compared to the previous six months, according to new research released today by Claroty , the security company for...
The Las Pinas City Council, headed by Vice-Mayor April Aguilar, has extended the deadline for the payment of business permits, licenses, taxes and other commercial and industrial fees and charges until March 31 without interests, penalties, and surcharges. Mayor Imelda Aguilar immediately signed...
The Senate, voting 22-0-0 on Monday, January 31 passed on third and final reading a bill that would mandate large companies to adopt and implement policies for the proper management of plastic packaging wastes. Senate Bill (SB) 2425 seeks to institutionalize the Extended Producer Responsibility...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese aircraft and boats were searching Tuesday for two crew from a fighter jet that is believed to have crashed after taking off a day earlier, a government spokesman said. Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in 2011....
OPPO officially unveiled the OPPO Air Glass during INNO Day 2021. The groundbreaking aR (assisted Reality) device - which is equipped with OPPO self-developed Spark Micro Projector, cutting-edge Micro LED, and a bespoke diffraction optical waveguide display - supports four different user...
International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) and Société de Gestion du Port Autonome de Toamasina (SPAT) recently signed a 15-year extension of the concession for the Madagascar International Container Terminal at the port city of Toamasina. MICTSL 4 The concession extension runs from...
