The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is now on track for the nationwide expansion of the massive tree-planting project, Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC), nearly five years after it was launched. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, MWSS will hold the Annual Million Tree Challenge...
Globe extends its reliable, efficient digital services to the city of Bacoor through GoWiFi, KonekTayo WiFi, and Globe Labs’ SMS API services, as the city is challenged by the rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitals at the brink of full capacity. This initiative is part of Globe’s continuous...
aws Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a new storage service that allows customers to launch and run complete, fully managed NetApp ONTAP file systems in the cloud for the first time. ONTAP...
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is planning to raise up to P10 billion from the third tranche of its P100 billion fixed-rate bonds with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it has filed with the SEC an application for...
Lawmakers on Wednesday, September 1, raised the possibility of extending the validity of the government's agreements with Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services Inc. up to 2046. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) During the Senate Committee on Public...
The Senate Committee on Public Services will begin on Wednesday, September 1, its deliberation of the franchise renewal applications of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and the Manila Water Company Inc. (MANILA BULLETIN FIle Photo) Senator Grace Poe, committee chairperson, disclosed this Tuesday,...
J&T Express worked together with Local Government of Manila City to provide assistance and donated goods to the casualties of Typhoon Ulysses in 2020. Brings home the bronze for Achievement in Growth and Branded Content Campaign of the Year With Filipinos winning awards and being recognized...
It was a bad day for a motorcycle rider who availed of a quick driver's license after he was busted by operatives of the Inter-agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) after a helmet violation in Bulacan. The rider, whose identity was withheld, was apparently first apprehended for wearing the wrong...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Royal O’ Consultancy Services OPC, Royal O’ International Import and Export OPC, and their affiliate companies to stop soliciting investments from the public. In a statement, the SEC said these firms solicit investments under a scheme...
The Philippine government is requiring the use of face shields when going outdoors or when in indoor public places. Health officials maintain that face shields provide an added protection against COVID-19. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Dining and personal care services, which are...
Manila Water Company, Inc. and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. are still not allowed to disconnect customers from August 21 to 31, 2021, after Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) extended its no service disconnection policy. 27524 In a text exchange, MWSS Chief...
The National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re), the Philippines’ sole professional reinsurer, was assigned a financial strength rating of PRS A, with a Stable Outlook, by the Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). A PRS A rating means that an insurer has strong...
