REUTERSTHE channels for financing green projects are expanding, just as the Philippines seeks to make sustainability a key feature of its infrastructure, the head of HSBC Philippines said.“The good news is that in recent years, the number of financing options have increased tremendously, ranging from

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) registered companies are required to operate within economic zones in order to be entitled to tax incentives. However, due to the pandemic, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) temporarily allowed PEZA companies to adopt work-from-home (WFH) arrangements for a certain

LEADERS at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits last week in Cambodia. — OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARYBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterLEADERS at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits last week made no progress on a proposed code of conduct

VICE-PRESIDENT Sara Duterte-Carpio — PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSELL PALMABy Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, ReporterAN OPPOSITION senator on Monday asked his peers to scrap the Philippine vice-president’s  (VP) intelligence funds for next year worth P500 million.“The Office of the Vice-President is not entitled or should not

PHILIPPINE STAR/ JOHN UNSONAT LEAST 25 policemen have been charged with murder in connection to what could have been wrongful deaths in the Philippine government’s war on drugs, its Justice chief told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday. “The government does not hesitate

PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOSTHE PHILIPPINES posted 9,069 coronavirus infections in the past week, with the daily average rising by 43% from a week earlier, according to health authorities. The daily average for Nov. 7 to 13 hit 1,296, the Department of Health (DoH) said in a

SCREENGRAB FROM PNP FACEBOOK PAGEA SUSPENDED prison chief should face allegations of his involvement in the murder of a local broadcaster in court instead of answering them in media interviews, the national police chief said on Monday.  “We base the charges against the suspects on the

DFA FACEBOOK PAGETHE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it is still verifying the safety of about 3,000 Filipinos residing in Istanbul after an explosion in a busy shopping area of the Turkish city on Sunday that killed six and injured 81.  “So far,

STUDENTS of an elementary school in Marikina City, Metro Manila brave heavy rains on the second day of in-person classes on Oct. 25. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOSTHE HOUSE committee on higher and technical education on Monday approved a bill that seeks to issue educational

PRIVATE and public transport vehicles line up at a fuel station in Las Piñas City on June 7 ahead of an announced increase in pump prices. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMANA PARTY-LIST representative on Monday called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to

PARK-GOERS enjoy a ride at the Quezon Memorial Circle in this November 2021 photo, when the government started to further ease restrictions in Metro Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE AVERAGE number of kids of Filipino women of childbearing age has gone down to 1.9