DoST-funded app taps citizens to monitor Manila Bay, other areas
A NEW Department of Science and Technology (DoST)-funded mobile app aims to monitor Manila Bay and its surroundings by letting citizens report environmental issues via the platform, its developers said on Friday. The MASDAN app, which would be available to Android
Extra 1.3m people in UK to start paying income tax over next five years
An extra 1.3 million people will have to start paying income tax – and a further million will be pushed into higher rate taxation – over the next five years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. In his budget on
Amazon could be a big winner of Rishi Sunak’s investment tax break
Amazon could “entirely wipe out” the tax bill of its main UK service company by taking advantage of the chancellor’s £25bn “super-deduction” tax break, according to analysis by a tax fairness campaign group. The super-deduction, announced by Rishi Sunak in the
Jay-Z sells majority stake in Tidal music streaming service to Jack Dorsey’s Square
Square, the mobile payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, has acquired a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal audio and video music streaming service in a $297m deal. Under the terms of the deal, Tidal’s superstar co-owners, who include Beyoncé,
Australia asks European Commission to review Italy’s vaccine block
Italy, supported by the European Commission, barred the planned export of around 250,000 doses of AstraZeneca's
Amid shortage, US suppliers to Chinese chip giant SMIC struggle to get export licenses
SMIC, the largest foundry in mainland China, is an important player in the global semiconductor supply
Standhardinger for Slaughter in big man deal
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo The Northport Batang Pier sent Christian Standhardinger (left) to the Barangay Ginebra San
China says it will deter Taiwan independence but seek peaceful ties
Most Taiwanese people have shown no interest in being ruled by autocratic China, and have also
New Zealanders take to the hills as powerful quakes trigger tsunami waves
Video footage posted on social media showed surges of water North Island's East Cape region. --
Pag-IBIG posts P31.18B net income in 2020
Pag-IBIG Fund posted a net income of over P30 billion in 2020 for the fourth consecutive year despite the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, its top executives announced during the 2020 Pag-IBIG Fund Chairman's Report held online Wednesday (March