FREEPIKOn Feb. 3, during one of the last days of regular session before the adjournment for the midterm election campaign period, the House railroaded House Bill 11360, or what advocates call the Sin Tax Sabotage Bill.The railroading of the Sin Tax Sabotage Bill was obvious.

The Philippines placed 27th among 250 countries and territories in terms of data breaches in the fourth quarter, based on the latest data from Surfshark’s Global Data Breach Statistics. Despite this, the country logged a 95.1% decline in data breaches with 702,727 leaked accounts compared

PLDTPLDT INC., through its subsidiary PLDT Global Corp., has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s STC Bank to enhance and streamline financial solutions. “This partnership will enable us to provide Filipinos and all customers in Saudi with cutting-edge digital solutions that meet their evolving needs,” PLDT Global

The lobby of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Taguig City, Sept. 30, 2020. — REUTERSPHILIPPINE STOCKS may get a lift from bargain hunting this week, although cautious sentiment may prevail as players look for fresh catalysts.On Friday, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) retreated by

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE PESO may trade sideways against the dollar this week as the market continues to monitor US President Donald J. Trump’s policy pronouncements.On Friday, the local unit closed at P57.83 per dollar, jumping by 23 centavos from its P58.06 finish on Thursday, Bankers

BW FILE PHOTO/By Justine Irish D. Tabile, ReporterFINANCING and vehicle selection issues are being worked on to address calls to suspend the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), an industry group said.“We understand the difficulties faced by small operators, but suspending the PUVMP is not

REUTERSBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterTHE GOVERNMENT needs to pursue more agro-food deals with the rest of Southeast Asia to address still-high food costs, economists and industry officials said.They were commenting on the Philippine-Cambodia agriculture partnership signed last week allowing the Philippines to invest in

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved four proposed transmission projects of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) worth a combined P5.02 billion.The approved projects are the Granada 230-kilovolt (kV) Substation Project costing P1.94 billion, which is due for completion by Aug. 31,

BW FILE PHOTOTHE Bureau of Customs (BoC) said it is considering setting up an e-commerce processing system for clearing international e-commerce shipments.In an issued Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 01-2025, the BoC said it “will establish a standard customs clearance process for cross-border e-commerce goods