The implementation of the receipt-issuing meter policy has been deferred indefinitely by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in order to give taxi operators ample time to acquire the devices.

A training program developed by a Filipino is being used worldwide. It’s called JEDI, but it doesn’t have anything to do with training people to become the knights in Star Wars, but to become Java programming experts.
JEDI stands for Java Education Development Initiative, which is a collaborative project of Sun Microsystems Philippines, Sun USA and [...]

The Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) leads the list of top earners among the listed companies in 2008, followed by San Miguel Corporation (SMC), and SM Investments Corporation (SMIC).
In the financial statements submitted to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the three big conglomerates totaled P68 billion, which already accounts for 34 percent of the 233 [...]

The Philippine government is contributing P136 million to kick off aKorea-funded project involving the construction of four rice processing centers (RPCs) to reduce post-harvest losses in key areas all over the Philippines.
Undersecretary Berna Romulo Puyat of the Department of Agriculture said in a statement that the department will contribute P104 million to the project.

A Chinese restaurant in Mandaluyong City has been padlocked upon the order of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), for failing to pay proper taxes. BIR ordered the temporary closure of Han Nan Food Corp., more popularly known as the Han Pao Tea House.
The closing of the establishment is part of the campaign of the [...]

The Land Transportation Franchise Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is adamant in requiring taxi operators to issue official receipts to their passengers. While the LTFRB is finalizing the details with fleet operators on the actual implementation of automatic receipt-issuing meters on cabs next month, taxi drivers are reminded to temporarily issue manual receipts to customers starting Monday.
LTFRB [...]

The Sky Gardens at the SM City North EDSA in Quezon City was launched last Friday, and it provides a welcome green space along the busy thoroughfare. But aside from its picturesque appearance, a noteworthy feature of the said park is its water conservation system that will be used in the country for the first [...]

Don’t look now, but it seems that the controversial right of reply bill will not only affect print and broadcast media. Kabataan party-list Rep. Mong Palatino said that in could lead to Internet censorship since it also cover bloggers, texters, and even iPod users.
Palatino said Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante, author of the controversial House Bill [...]

The Banco De Oro Unibank (BDO) cemented its lead as the country’s biggest financial institution with its acquisition of the local banking unit of American conglomerate General Electric Co. (GE). In its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), BDO said it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase GE Money Bank for an undisclosed [...]

If you happened to be in Pangasinan and you are looking for some ‘pasalubong’ to bring home to your friends and families, be sure to check out the Pangasinan Pasalubong Center. It’s a place where the products of Pangasinan can be found and bought. The store is strategically located at Barangay Carment East, which is [...]

After receiving numerous negative reactions for television viewers, the LBC Express Inc. finally decided to withdraw its ‘Spell Remittance’ advertisement from TV. Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said the company has voluntarily withdrawn its television advertisement which proclaimed that ‘LBC’ was the correct spelling of the word ‘remittance.’

The Globe Telecom is introducing a new iPhone plan that will allow targeted customers to avail of the iPhone 3G unit at a cheaper price. Globe, who is the official network carrier of Apple’s iPhone, made the units more affordable with its new monthly plans worth P399 and P899.
The new plans come bundled with free [...]

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has threatened to file a lawsuit against a technology contractor, for the malfunctioning of its computer database.
But Questronix Corp., which supplied the GSIS database software package, tossed the blame back to the government pension fund. It said that the pension fund managers are to blame, because they themselves caused [...]

Account holders of the 12 bankrupt Legacy banks should start filing for their claims. This is the call made by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) on about 35,000 account holders. PDIC president Jose Nograles told the senate that they (account holders) should file their claims before the PDIC to speed up the processing of [...]

Brothers Herbert (40) and Rainer (33) Pantua have a vision of opening what they would like to call a “restaurant with a twist’’ because they would like to serve only healthy and organic food.
Last April 22, in time for the Earth Day celebration, they opened Herb Republic in Barangay Maahas, Los Baños, Laguna, a restaurant [...]

The ten-person troupe of street dancers from in and out of London which is composed friends and brothers ranging in age from 12 – 25 who called themselves Diversity was just happy to be in the finals of “Britain’s Got Talents.”
But the group got the shock of their lives, and so is half of the [...]

A proposal has been filed in the senate to add an additional ray to the sun in the Philippine flag. Senate Bill 2590 authored by Senator Richard Gordon, proposes that the ray of the sun in the Philippine flag be increased from eight to nine.  Gordon said this is necessary to symbolize the community of [...]

She was an internet sensation, with videos of her performance on YouTube viewed more than 90,000 millions times. But Susan Boyle, who sang the song that made her an instant celebrity – “I Dreamed A Dream” from “Les Miserables,” in the finals of “Britain’s Got Talent” came short of bringing her to her dream.
Susan Boyle [...]

While the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd) refused to budge before and heed the call for the suspension of classes opening on Monday, the two agencies are now putting up a new alert system, which will serve as a guide for the cancellation of classes due to the rising number [...]

Starting Monday, June 1, 2009, coinciding with the opening of classes,  the Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) will be operating 24 hours. This means that Metro Manila commuters riding the MRT will no longer have to rush in early evening and join the multitude of passengers trying to get their ride home.