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AirAsia calls for standardized global travel protocols

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 08:20 PM | Updated Mar 04 09:00 PM

Regional budget carrier AirAsia on Thursday called on countries to standardize air travel protocols to help the aviation industry recover from the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

PLDT's Pangilinan hints at leaving 'soon' as CEO

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 06:45 PM

"There's always a time to give up, and I think that time is soon," said Pangilinan who also sits as PLDT chairman and president.  Read more »

Vaccination to lead to economic recovery by fourth quarter: presidential adviser

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 06:28 PM

A rapid vaccination drive in the second and third quarters will lead to economic recovery by the fourth quarter, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said Thursday.   Read more »

Treasury sells P463 billion retail bonds in latest offer

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 05:37 PM

The Bureau of the Treasury has sold P463.3 billion ($9.53 billion) worth of three-year Retail Treasury Bonds (RTBs), raising 411.8 billion pesos of fresh funds, National Treasurer Rosalia De Leon said on Thursday. Read more »

Monde Nissin files for up to P63-billion IPO in 'largest ever listing'

Neil Jerome Morales and Anshuman Daga, Reuters
Mar 04 04:29 PM

Monde Nissin Corp, maker of ubiquitous Lucky Me! instant noodles, on Thursday filed for an up to P63 billion ($1.3 billion) initial public offering (IPO), in what is set to be the country's largest-ever listing. Read more »

PLDT says revenues hit 'all-time high' in 2020 as pandemic pushed data demand

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 04:09 PM

PLDT Inc said telco core income jumped 4 percent to P28.1 billion in 2020 with revenues at an "all-time high" as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed millions of Filipinos to work and attend school online.    Read more »

Cebu Pacific offering stocks, tapping banks to sustain operations as pandemic drags on

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 02:53 PM

MANILA - Cebu Pacific said it is using several strategies to sustain long-term operations, with air travel unlikely to recover until next year.  Read more »

Singapore regulator tells banks to monitor Myanmar fund flows after coup

Simon Lewis, Anshuman Daga and Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters
Mar 04 02:43 PM

Singapore's central bank has told financial firms to be vigilant to any suspicious transactions or fund flows between the city-state and Myanmar, a circular seen by Reuters showed, citing concerns over the potential for financial crimes. Read more »

Ilang empleyado, nagreklamo sa 'no vaccination, no work': ALU-TUCP

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 02:05 PM

Iginiit ng ALU-TUCP labor group na may mga natanggap silang reklamo mula sa mga empleyado ng mga BPO companies, hotel at mga restaurant na nag-oobliga sa kanila na magpabakuna kontra COVID-19.   Read more »

Mga nagtitinda ng karneng baboy sa Quinta market, hirap makasunod sa price ceiling

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 12:31 PM

Nahihirapan ang mga nagtitinda ng baboy sa Quinta Market sa Maynila na sundin ang P300/kilo price ceiling ng gobyerno para sa karne.   Read more »

World's biggest wealth fund puts Japan's Kirin Holdings on watch list over Myanmar link

Terje Solsvik, Reuters
Mar 04 12:17 PM

The Norwegian central bank said on Wednesday it had put Japan's Kirin Holdings Ltd Co on a watch list for possible exclusion from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund over the beverage giant's ties to a business owned by Myanmar's military. Read more »

DOTR says LRT-2 East Extension project's 2 new stations to open in April

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 11:42 AM | Updated Mar 04 11:46 AM

The two new additional stations of the LRT-2 East Extension project will start operating on April 27, 2021, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.  Read more »

Vaccinate more people to 'really start opening economy:' ING Bank economist

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 10:50 AM | Updated Mar 04 10:56 AM

 A prompt rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program to reach most of the population will fast track the reopening of the economy and pave the wave for recovery, an economist said Thursday. Read more »

Planning a beach trip? Here’s a list of ongoing seat sales in PH

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 10:12 AM

Airlines in the Philippines are offering promotional seats for as low as P1 in a bid to boost domestic travel which suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

FedEx commits $2-B to become carbon-neutral with all-electric fleet by 2040

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 09:46 AM

FedEx Corp said Thursday it committed to pivot its global operations to become carbon-neutral by 2040, including electrifying its fleet for parcel pickup and delivery, among others.  Read more »

DOLE, employers' group reject 'no vaccination, no work' policy

ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 08:30 AM | Updated Mar 04 08:56 AM

The supposed "no vaccination, no work" policy of some companies is impractical, the labor department and an employers' group said Thursday. Read more »

Zoom recovers from hours-long outage, says issues were likely due to local internet glitch

Reuters
Mar 04 08:30 AM

Zoom Video Communications Inc said it had recovered from an outage where some users were unable to join meetings on the video-conferencing platform on Wednesday. Read more »

SpaceX rocket explodes on ground after seemingly good flight

Agence France-Presse
Mar 04 08:30 AM

An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded on the ground Wednesday after carrying out what had seemed to be a successful flight and landing. Read more »

Costs of owning a dog: Magkano mag-alaga ng aso?

Moneymax.ph
Mar 04 08:30 AM

Hindi lang sila pang-post sa IG Stories mo—kailangan nila ng tamang aruga at pagmamahal. Higit sa lahat, kailangan mong gumastos upang mabigyan ng tamang alaga ang iyong bagong baby. Read more »

Disney to close 60 North American retail stores, focus on e-commerce

Reuters
Mar 04 07:11 AM

Walt Disney Co will close at least 60 Disney retail stores in North America this year as the company revamps its digital shopping platforms to focus on e-commerce, the company said on Wednesday. Read more »

PH economy seen growing 9.6% this year despite delayed vaccination program

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Mar 04 01:41 AM | Updated Mar 04 02:48 AM

MANILA - The Philippine economic recovery post-COVID is expected to start off with a near 10 percent rebound in GDP growth this year, but there are few roadblocks to growth.  Read more »

Vaccine rollout euphoria pushes PH shares up

ABS-CBN News
Mar 03 11:02 PM

Developments on the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccine rollout pushed local shares higher for a fourth day. Read more »

Trade chief says vaccine roll out signals start of economic recovery, thanks China

ABS-CBN News
Mar 03 09:27 PM

The Philippines’ economic recovery got a shot in the arm with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines, the country’s Trade chief said on Wednesday as he thanked China for its donation of Sinovac vaccines.    Read more »

'Ang tagal naman': Pahayag ni Duterte na 2023 pa magbabalik-normal ang PH ikinabahala

ABS-CBN News
Mar 03 08:41 PM

Nababagalan ang ilang maliliit na negosyo, maging ang ilang eksperto sa komento ni Duterte na sa taong 2023 pa maakabalik sa normal ang Pilipinas sa gitna ng pandemya.  Read more »

How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name

Helene Dauschy, Agence France-Presse
Mar 03 06:36 PM

One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers.   Read more »