Bill for business-friendly PH gets bicam approval

Inquirer.net 11/27/2018

A bill that seeks to revise the Corporation Code to strengthen and simplify corporate governance standards was approved by the bicameral conference committee on Monday. The reconciled House and Senate versions of the measure was approved by…

Palace releases PH-China MOU on oil and gas devt

Inquirer.net 11/26/2018

THE MOU states that “in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, fairness and mutual benefit, flexibility and pragmatism and consensus, through equal and friendly consultation, the two governments have decided to negotiate on an accelerated basis…

House Makabayan bloc demands transparency on PH-China deal

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

THE Duterte administration has the obligation to fully disclose the government’s agreements with China for a joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), progressive lawmakers from the House Makabayan bloc asserted Thursday. ACT…

Pagasa lifts storm signal in Palawan, ‘Samuel’ moves away from PH

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The storm signal in Palawan was lifted midday Thursday as Tropical Depression “Samuel” continued to move away from the country. Weather specialist Benison Estareja said the tropical cyclone is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility…

Xi leaves PH after historic two-day state visit

Inquirer.net 11/21/2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping left the Philippines on Wednesday afternoon, concluding his historic two-day state visit here. Xi departed for Beijing from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport around 1:30 p.m. His Manila visit was the first from…

PH, China ink MOU on oil, gas dev’t, 28 other deals

Inquirer.net 11/20/2018

The Philippines and China on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for oil and gas development cooperation. But the location of the oil and gas development was not immediately disclosed. President Rodrigo Duterte and Chines President…

PH requests for access to FB accounts, data down in 2018

Inquirer.net 11/17/2018

THE Philippine government has requested Facebook to give it access to 31 sets of data and 42 accounts of Filipino users for the first six months of 2018. In a bi-annual report released by Facebook, 48 percent…

WATCH: US announces return of Balangiga bells to PH

Inquirer.net 11/15/2018

The United States (US) government officially announced on Thursday the turnover of the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In videos posted on Twitter by DFA Acting…

PH firms’ sales hit $124M in China’s import expo

Inquirer.net 11/12/2018

PHILIPPINE companies sold $124 million worth of sales in China’s first import expo, hitting twice the target earlier set by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). In a statement issued on Monday, DTI noted that it…

Fajardo, Slaughter in PH pool for Fiba tilt

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 11/06/2018

Two Cebuanos were named to the 20-man pool, which the team for the upcoming Fiba Basketball World Cup window will be selected from. The two Cebuano giants, reigning PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel and…

Cebuana Zosa breaks PH freedive record

Hendrix Berdin Lato 11/04/2018

CEBUANA Freediver Maria Noella “Wei” Zosa posted a new national deep dive record after achieving a deeper dive of 51 meters in the second day of the International Sabang Freediving Competition in Indonesia. She broke the deepest…

Rosita strengthens as it moves closer to PH

Inquirer.net 10/27/2018

Typhoon “Rosita,” internationally known as “Yutu,” strengthened on Saturday as it continued to move closer towards the country, according to a bulletin issued at 4 p.m. by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). As…

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