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Trash endgame: Can recycling solve PH's plastic woes?

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 08:16 AM

An environment group said top-plastic producing firms must change their business models instead of diverting the attention to recycling plastics. Initiatives like plastic upcycling can be considered as 'false solutions.' Read more »

First Gen net income up 11 pct in Jan to Sept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:38 PM

The Lopez Group's First Gen Corp said Monday its recurring net income attributable to equity holders reached P10.3 billion in the first 9 months of the year Read more »

Top oil producers agree on modest output boost from August

Julia Zappei, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 09:02 AM

The world's leading oil producers agreed on Sunday to continue to modestly boost output from August reaching a compromise after the United Arab Emirates blocked a deal earlier this month. Read more »

Prolific actor and director Norman Lloyd dies at age 106

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:57 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd, whose career of more than 80 years included collaborations with legends such as Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles, has died at the age of 106, Variety and Deadline Hollywood reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Saudi Aramco to prioritize energy supply to China for 50 yrs, says CEO

Muyu Xu and Florence Tan, Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 09:01 AM

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, retained its position as China's top supplier in the first two months this year, with volumes up 2.1 percent to 1.86 million barrels per day (bpd), China customs data showed on Saturday. Read more »

Saudi arms producer in defense venture with Lockheed Martin

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 08:17 AM

Saudi Arabia's state arms producer signed an agreement Sunday with US contractor Lockheed Martin to form a joint venture, a statement said, as Washington reviews weapons sales to the kingdom. Read more »

Colombia sets new record in eradicating coca production

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 02:35 PM

Colombia beat its record for eradicating coca crops for the second year in a row, the government said Wednesday, although the country still remains the world's leading producer of cocaine. Read more »

Flush with cash, Chinese hog producer builds world's largest pig farm

Dominique Patton, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 03:02 PM

Behind the walls of a hulking industrial compound in rural China, top pig producer Muyuan Foods is trying to raise more hogs on a single site than any company in the world. Read more »

Pot producer Aphria to buy beer maker Sweetwater for $300-M in U.S. push

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 11:48 AM

Aphria Inc said on Wednesday it plans to buy craft brewer SweetWater Brewing Co for $300 million as it looks to expand into the United States while becoming the first major pot producer to enter the alcoholic beverages market.   Read more »

Weinstein rape trial jury deliberates, requests blueprint of his apartment

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 06:33 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial began deliberations on Tuesday on charges that could send him to prison for life, in a case that has become a milestone for the #MeToo movement. Read more »

Tony Mabesa and friends? How 4 icons of PH theater got together for one rare shoot

Floy Quintos
Updated as of Oct 08 06:55 PM

The writer/editor became designated driver, Tinio pulled his pants down, and one of the three men asked if the photographer could please make him look like Ava Gardner. In honor of Tony Mabesa’s passing, Floy Quintos recalls a moment with that one singular generation. Read more »

Meet the movie set’s ‘Invisible Man’: Piolo’s trusted masseur, Erik Matti’s fave ‘barista’

Gay Ace Domingo
Updated as of Oct 10 08:52 PM

Sonny Boy Drilon has got ninja moves like no other, and yet there are stretches of days when work is hard to come by. To keep the hustle going, he plays utility one moment, and stuntman the next. Soon, he’s gonna be ‘seen’ onscreen, too. Read more »