WIKIMEDIA COMMONS MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to include nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, as authorities prepare for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants and after earlier efforts failed due to safety concerns. The order, signed on Feb. 28 and made public on Thursday, could be a major […]Read More

Passengers line up to ride a jeepney along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City in this file photo dated Dec. 1, 2021. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday urged Congress to review the country’s oil deregulation law in order to give the government the power […]Read More

FREEPIK THE ENERGY department warned diesel and gasoline prices are expected to continue to climb, as a prolonged Russia-Ukraine crisis may see global crude prices hitting $120 per barrel. “We won’t be much affected [by the Russia and Ukraine conflict] in terms of supply, but we will be hurt by the prices… Even [Mean of] […]Read More

Many Filipinos have consulted doctors online during the pandemic. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter MAY I. ACUÑA, 37, and her family have been consulting a doctor online amid a coronavirus pandemic. “It really helps,” the housewife from Cavite province said by telephone. “We used a telemedicine app for my […]Read More

PIXABAY THE CENTRAL BANK is looking to boost its regulatory oversight of e-money issuers by increasing the requirements for both banks and nonbank financial institutions that are looking to enter the business. A draft circular posted on the website of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) also focused on requiring enhanced due diligence for high […]Read More

1 of 2 USUALLY, a little creature scuttling near your dinner plate is quite the nuisance, but at Le Petit Chef, he’s the star of the show. Le Petit Chef tells the story of a tiny chef, about the size of a finger, who cooks dishes in different settings. His story is projected onto tables […]Read More

I DON’T know about you, but summer somehow feels like it was made for disco. Don Papa’s new lifestyle campaign is anchored around disco — specifically, Manila’s disco scene in the ’70s. Drinks for the lifestyle campaign, along with its shoot, were inspired by the legendary Filipino disco, Coco Banana, which opened in 1977. The […]Read More

PHILSTAR By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter LOW-COST airlines in the Philippines said they continue to seek ways to mitigate the impact of the rising fuel prices — exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict — on airfares. “The recent surge in pump prices affecting the cost of jet fuel used in all of our aircraft is […]Read More

THE WORLD’S 50 Best said it will move its annual restaurant awards ceremony from Moscow to London in an announcement just hours after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the levying of new sanctions. The event is scheduled for July. The new plans were revealed Thursday last week on Twitter. The move comes as the US, […]Read More

FREEPIK GLOBE Telecom, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it entered into a $350-million joint venture partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and Ayala Corp. to develop and operate data centers in the country. Under the deal, ST Telemedia, a global data center company, and Ayala Corp. will subscribe to new shares in KarmanEdge, Inc., […]Read More