The water rates of Manila Water Company Inc. will slightly increase in the second quarter of the year, while customers of Maynilad Water Services Inc. will enjoy a small rollback in rates. In a virtual briefing on Thursday, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Chief Regulator Patrick...
The Pasig City local government announced Thursday, March 10 the temporary closure of its Office of the Building Official (OBO) after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. In an advisory posted on its Facebook page, the LGU said OBO personnel were exposed to a confirmed asymptomatic...
The Philippines has acceded to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP), a development seen to strengthen the protection of Filipinos performers’ intellectual property (IP) rights in a digital age of globalization. Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Director...
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan to increase the biodiesel blend to 5.0 percent by volume (B5) this year is seen to translate to P13 billion in foreign exchange (forex) savings for the Philippines. The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the industry regulating body which...
Jason Tengco (center) poses with US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (Contibuted photo) The Biden-Harris Administration announced on Jan. 25 the appointment of Filipino-American Jason Benjamin Alinea Tengco as White House Liaison for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Tengco...
The reimposition of the 40 percent tariff on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) will bring in additional P5.5 billion revenues to the country, but will only mean minimal increase in prices for consumers, according to Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG). SINAG made this case as it formally...
Except for the quarterly Foreign Currency Differential Adjustment (FCDA), customers of Manila Water Company Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. won’t have to worry about any other water rate adjustment for the whole year of 2021. This was according to Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. will continue to implement rotational service interruption until Sunday (November 29) more than two weeks since Typhoon Ulysses made landfall in the country and brought a lot of mud to the La Mesa Treatment Plant. In a statement, Maynilad said it is “constrained”...
PCSO Charity Assistance Department Officer-in-Charge Jerusa Corpuz (left) hands the check to PSC Commissioner Celia Kiram Despite their operations and sales being badly hit by the pandemic, a total of Php 359, 672.07 was remitted by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to the Philippine...
The Korean drama movie “Pawn” starring Sung Dong-il, Ha Ji-won, Kim Hee-won and Park So-yi emerged as the No. 1 film in Korea for the month of October as total cinema admissions for the month rose to 4.63 million. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts,...
ABS-CBN stars and programs were the biggest hits at the 51st Box Office Entertainment Awards by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation as the leading media and entertainment company was recognized in several categories. The country’s highest-grossing film, “Hello, Love,...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is pursuing steps to untangle the legal issues tying down idle mining assets held by the government in an effort to speed up their privatization and revive their operations. ...
