The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Grab, citing higher fuel prices from tax law, seeks fare hike before LTFRB

January 5, 2018

Grab Philippines on Friday filed a petition for fare increase before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), citing higher fuel prices from the Tax Reform For Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law In a six-page petition, Grab is seeking an increase in

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Bitcoin

January 5, 2018

Tokyo- This file photo taken on April 7, 2017 shows a man walking past a signboard informing customers that bitcoin can be used for payment at a store in Tokyo. From clampdowns to a warm embrace, regulators in Asia have

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Stocks set new mark for third straight trading day of 2018

January 5, 2018

Stocks finished at a new record for the third straight trading session for the year on Friday despite being weighed down by profit-taking after the index soared past 8,800 points. The Philippine Stock Exchange index closed 30.17 percent higher to

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Globe, Smart to comply order to extend prepaid load P300 and above to one year

January 5, 2018

The country’s two main telecommunication companies said they will comply with the government’s order to extend the validity period of mobile prepaid load to one year. Froilan Castelo, general counsel of Globe, said all prepaid load with denomination of P300 and

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MICC to begin review of mining operations 

January 5, 2018

The interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is set to begin this January its “fact-finding and science-based” review of an initial batch of 26 mine sites ordered suspended or shut down last year by the previous leadership at the Department

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December inflation unchanged at 3.3%, 2017 average is 3.2%

January 5, 2018

Inflation for December reached 3.3 percent, the same as in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday. This brought the average inflation rate at 3.2 percent, well within the government’s target of two to four percent for 2017. December

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Japan Tsukiji Tuna Auction

January 5, 2018

Tokyo- Tuna fish brokers check the quality of a bluefin tuna in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, 05 January 2018. A bluefin tuna, with a weight of 405 kg, was sold for about 36,500,000

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AirAsia Philippines to mount flights to Osaka starting second semester of 2018

January 4, 2018

The Philippine unit of Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline said it would mount flights to Osaka, Japan from Manila in the second semester of 2018. Captain Dexter Comendador, AirAsia Philippines chief executive said the airline has entitlements of 14 flights

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