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NFL: Patriots coach Belichick refuses Medal of Freedom from Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:45 AM

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday he would not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. Read more »

9 million Americans now vaccinated vs COVID-19: CDC

Maria Caspani, Dan Whitcomb and Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 06:47 AM

Nearly 9 million Americans had been given their first COVID-19 vaccination dose as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as states scrambled to step up inoculations that have yet to slow the roaring pandemic. Read more »

Electronics exporters see 7 pct growth with demand for 'new normal' tech

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:02 PM

SEIPI said demand for gadgets for distance learning and telecommuting, as well as e-vehicles and medical electronics, will lead the sector to grow 7 percent this year.  Read more »

Meralco to consumers: Expect rate hike in January billing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:05 PM

Meralco said Friday its customers will experience a rate increase in their January billing. Read more »

Philippines trade deficit narrows to smallest in five months in Nov

Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 11:13 AM

Philippine exports grew at the fastest pace in 10 months in November while imports contracted the most since August to yield the smallest trade deficit in five months, government data showed on Friday. Read more »

‘Alarming, insensitive’: Police officer’s ‘lalaki pa din sila’ statement angers LGBT groups

Job Manahan and Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 10:18 PM

“Not only does his statement assume that all men are rapists but it's also ignorant of SOGIE . . . A person does not rape because of one's gender or sexuality but because of the shortcoming in his upbringing,” one critic says. Read more »

Palace: Fresh push for ABS-CBN franchise is 'sole prerogative' of Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 03:43 PM

The fate of a fresh bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN Corp a broadcast franchise is "a sole constitutional prerogative of Congress," Malacañang said on Tuesday, nearly half a year after a House panel dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies rejected the network's license application. Read more »

Meralco to implement bill adjustments for 'undercollected', 'overcollected' fees

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 11:09 PM

Philippine power distributor Meralco is set to collect what is says are charges that it undercollected from its customers. Read more »

Vilma Santos-Recto to refile bill pushing for new ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 10:40 PM

MANILA - Batangas 6th District Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto said Monday she will be refiling a bill seeking to give a fresh franchise to ABS-CBN for another 25 years, after its previous license to operate expired and its application for a new one was rejected by a House panel in 2020. Read more »

Meralco wala pang pinutulan ng kuryente sa mga may naiwang bayarin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 07:37 PM

Kahit pa may mga naiwang mga bayarin noong nakaraang taon, wala pang kostumer na pinutulan ng kuryente ang Meralco. Read more »

Philippines cuts export targets due to COVID-19 impact

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 11:52 AM

The Philippines lowered its export target for 2022 to $103.9 billion from $130 billion, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

US Congress slaps Trump by overriding veto of defense bill

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 10:06 AM

The US Congress on Friday dealt Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his last days in office with the Senate voting overwhelmingly to override his veto of a sweeping defense bill— the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency.  Read more »

New COVID-19 virus variant a 'downside' to PH economic recovery: economist

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 08:18 PM

The new variant of the COVID-19 virus is posing a downside risk for the Philippines' economic recovery, an economist said Wednesday. Read more »

ERC tells Meralco to refund P1.4B over-recoveries, collect P2.38B under-recoveries

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 09:50 PM

The Energy Regulatory Commission said Meralco over-collected a total of P1.4 billion from pass-through charges in the two-year period. Read more »

Japanese investors welcome CREATE bill says DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 11:18 AM

Japanese investors welcome a bill seeking to lower corporate income tax rates, the Department of Finance said Monday.    Read more »

Wall Street climbs to record as fiscal aid bill signed

Chuck Mikolajczak, Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 09:31 AM

US stocks rallied on Monday, with each of Wall Street's main indexes closing at record levels as President Donald Trump's signing of a long-awaited $2.3 trillion pandemic aid bill increased optimism for an economic recovery. Read more »

Global shares edge up as Trump signs $2.3 trillion aid bill

Hideyuki Sano, Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 03:23 PM

Global shares climbed on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, backing down from his earlier threat to block the bipartisan bill. Read more »

House OKs bill mandating food establishments to donate unsold, edible food

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 04:28 PM

The House of Representatives has approved a proposed measure requiring food establishments to donate excess edible food to charity, a lawmaker said Sunday. Read more »

Health advocates raise alarm over Recto's bill on vaping, vape products

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 02:11 AM

A group of health advocates on Thursday expressed concern over Senator Ralph Recto's new bill on vaping and vape products, noting that it contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte's executive order on vaping. Read more »

US bill banning Xinjiang imports over forced labor concerns fails to become law

Owen Churchill and Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 23 05:30 PM

The legislation is expected to be reintroduced when the next congressional session convenes in January. The measure was omitted from the must-pass spending bill that passed both houses of Congress late on Monday Read more »