Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021. READ: ECQ extension eyed THE government will “seriously” consider extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and four nearby provinces if cases of Covid-19 will not go down, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. He added […]

TAAL Volcano registered more earthquakes and emitted more gas over the past 24 hours, signs of a looming eruption, the state-run Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Wednesday. Based on the Taal Volcano Network (TVN),  212 quakes, including 168 tremors with durations one to 20 minutes, and 44 low frequency volcanic earthquakes […]

PETRON Corp. and Solane announced a hefty rollback in prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products for April. In an advisory, Petron said LPG prices will decrease by P3.30 per kilogram and AutoLPG prices by P1.85 per liter effective Thursday, April 1, at 12:01 a.m. “These reflect the international contract price of LPG for the […]

CORONAVIRUS disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in a single day have decreased to 6,128 but the total number of active cases hit an all-time high at 130,245, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. The active cases comprise 17.4 percent of the 747,288 total number of infections nationwide, the DoH said.  Positivity rate is also […]

Good Day! Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, March 31, 2021. READ: More areas placed under quarantine President Rodrigo Duterte has placed Quirino province and Santiago City in Isabela province under modified enhanced community quarantine. READ: Govt releases P22.9-B aid for families in ECQ areas The Department of Budget and Management on […]

THE government returned to the Japanese market on Tuesday by raising 55 billion yen ($500 million or about P24.23 billion) worth of “samurai” bonds. Samurai bonds are yen-denominated securities issued by non-Japanese entities in Tokyo. The three-year bond was priced at 21 basis points above the benchmark, which was the tightest spread the government has […]

THE University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) debunked a viral post on social media that the new P.3 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) variant was “extremely contagious” and that there were confirmed cases as early as the second quarter of 2020. Citing a “Covid-19 briefing” from the sixth district of Quezon City, the […]

CELEBRITY couple Ellen Adarna and Derek Ramsay announced their engagement on Tuesday night. Adarna posted a series of the proposal photos through her official Instagram account with a caption, “Game Over @ramsayderek07.” Based on the snaps, the event was attended by both sides’ close family and friends who included Elias, Adarna’s son with actor John […]

THE Philippines on Tuesday voiced “dismay” at reports of excessive force by the Myanmar military against unarmed protesters on Armed Forces Day, which killed over 100 people, but will not intervene in the ongoing unrest. Manila issued the statement through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) amid reports that 107 people, including children, were killed […]

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A bill that seeks to extend the maximum period of probationary employment up to 24 months is being pushed in Congress, in an effort to provide aid to the economy amid the health crisis. Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson, Jr. has renewed calls for the passage of House Bill (HB) 4802, which […]

THE number of unemployed Filipinos went up by 234,000 in February this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In a briefing on Tuesday, National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said that based on the results of the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS), a total of 4.2 million are unemployed, higher than the 4.0 million recorded […]

TAXPAYERS can now file returns, and pay their taxes anywhere, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). In Revenue Memorandum Circular 41-2021, BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay states that “filing of returns, as well as payment of taxes due thereon, falling within the period of March 22, 2021 to April 30, 2021 may be made […]

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to the public for patience and understanding amid criticism over the government’s slow vaccination rollout, saying his administration is really doing its best to get the shots against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Duterte made the statement as the country logged a record-high 10,016 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing […]

Good Day! Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Tuesday, March 30, 2021. READ: Cash aid for ECQ residents eyed The Department of Budget and Management will recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte the handing out of cash assistance to 22.9 million low-income earners living in the National Capital Region or NCR and […]

Dear Valued Stockholder, In line with the Aboitiz Group’s sustainability efforts, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (the Company) is delivering its Definitive Information Statement (SEC Form 20-IS) for the 2021 Annual Stockholders Meeting (ASM) via QR code. The Information Statement, Notice and Agenda, sample proxy forms, and other details about the Company’s 2021 ASM are also […]

ING Bank Manila on Monday cut its first quarter Philippine economic growth forecast to -3.6 percent from the earlier -3.4 percent due to the stricter quarantine measures recently imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “A spike in Covid-19 cases forced authorities to reinstate strict lockdowns in the Philippines’ capital region and […]

TAKING off from the gains of its technology-related initiatives, the Tanco Group has launched a new information technology (IT) firm, Stitch Tech Solutions, as an expression of the group’s commitment to its digital pivot. Stitch takes on the business of cloud computing and data science that, together, have become buzzwords in the IT and business […]

AS the government begins to roll out its vaccination program against Covid-19, Liveable Cities Philippines and the League of Cities of the Philippines, together with partners Boston Consulting Group, Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation and Globe Telecom Inc., will hold the webinar “Vaccine-ready cities: The road to 500K daily vaccinations.” Scheduled on March 30 from 3 […]

PayMaya is leading the way as the online payment gateway of choice for businesses of all types and sizes in the Philippines. Through its easy-to-use and accessible online payment gateway solution PayMaya Checkout, it has enabled faster transition to cashless transactions for businesses going into e-Commerce. With many businesses shifting to online as way of […]

THE Office of the Vice President (OVP) is set to roll out “Swab Cab,” a mobile testing project to help curb the spike in coronavirus cases in high-risk areas, including Metro Manila. The pilot testing will be held in Malabon City on March 30 and April 6, 2021. Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo that […]

Torrential rains across Tennessee flooded homes and at least one church and left roads impassable, prompting dozens of people to be rescued in the Nashville area. Authorities said four bodies were found Sunday in the flood’s aftermath. Nashville received more than 7 inches of rain, the second-highest two-day rainfall total ever recorded, Mayor John Cooper […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia: At least 500 people were being evacuated from a nearby village after a massive fire broke out at the Pertamina Balongan Refinery in Indonesia’s West Java province. Residents of Balongan village were moving to two evacuation centers on Monday. Authorities urged residents to stay calm and keep away from the fire. Four residents […]

SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea accused the UN Security Council of double standards Monday ahead of a meeting on its latest missile test. Pyongyang last week launched two weapons assessed by the US and others to be short-range ballistic missiles, which it is banned from under Security Council resolutions. It was the first substantive provocation since […]

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Monday, March 29, 2021. READ: Leonen impeach case starts rolling The House of Representatives has set the wheels of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen in motion. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco sent a letter last March 25 to […]

FORMER president Joseph Ejercito Estrada was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), his children announced on Monday. “Please pray for my father who has tested positive for Covid-19 and was rushed to the hospital,” former senator Joseph Victor “JV”Ejercito said on Twitter. “Please pray for all those […]

One year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has waived P190.7 million worth of toll fees for medical frontliners passing through expressways it operates. SMC – which operates the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and the Skyway system, including the newly opened Skyway Stage 3; NAIA […]

The House of Representatives has set the wheels of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen in motion. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco sent a letter last March 25 to Majority Floor Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez asking that the impeachment complaint be included in the chamber’s order of business. Velasco endorsed […]

The Philippine Postal Corporation has launched the “Murillo Velarde 1734 Map,” regarded as the “Mother of All Philippine Maps” in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianization of the Philippines and its role on the first circumnavigation of the world by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the victory of Lapu-Lapu in the Battle of Mactan. […]

All village heads in the city of Manila were directed to issue new quarantine passes to be used by residents during the week-long enhanced community quarantine. In a memorandum, Manila Barangay Bureau Director Romeo Bagay ordered all village chairmen in 896 villages to issue quarantine passes to be used by those who will go out […]

The House of Representatives has set the wheels of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in motion. Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco sent a letter last March 25 to House Majority Floor Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez asking that the impeachment complaint be included in the chamber’s order of business. Velasco endorsed the […]