Meralco customers to get monthly 75-centavo/KWH refund for 3 months – ERC

Customers of the Manila Electric Co. are due for a monthly refund of around 75 centavos per kilowatt hour per month, hopefully starting next month, the Energy Regulatory Commission said.

LESS TRAFFIC, MORE FAMILY TIME | Work-from-home bill advances in the Senate

A bill that seeks to promote work-from-home policy for Filipino employees has taken a step forward at the Senate after lawmakers finished the period of interpellations on Senate Bill No. 1363.

3 drug suspects die in Maguindanao clash

Three alleged members of a drug syndicate were killed in a firefight with government troops in Pandag town, Maguindanao before dawn Thursday, a military official said.

Globe sees moderate growth this year

Globe Telecom expects to post moderate growth at best this year as higher expenses, including costs related to the joint acquisition with PLDT of San Miguel’s telecommunications business, weighed on its first quarter earnings.
Dead drug suspect

LOOK | Draft UN rights recommendations to PH: Stop EJKs, capital punishment, etc

A draft report of the UPR Working Group on the Philippines includes calls on Manila to end the extrajudicial killings that have claimed thousands of lives in the government’s “war on drugs”, and to scrap plans to restore capital punishment.

Cannes says 2017 is first and last for Netflix unless it changes

Neflix movies might be barred next year unless it gives is movies a cinema release in France.

Turkey warns US of blowback from arming Kurdish fighters in Syria

Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could end up hurting Washington, and accused its NATO ally of siding with terrorists.

Cayetano vows less ‘microphone diplomacy’

Newly appointed Foreign Affairs secretary Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said one of the bigger challenges that he would have to face once he becomes the country’s top diplomat would be to refrain from talking too much in public.

Jay Z fortune jumps 30 percent but Diddy reigns in rap rich list

Diddy remains the world's richest rap mogul but only $10 million separates him from Jay Z.

Beyond Insta-worthiness: Halal certified, organic foods are here to stay

The future is looking bright for small entrepreneurs in the food business.

US likely to expand airline laptop ban to Europe – officials

The Trump administration is likely to expand a ban on laptops on commercial aircraft to include some European countries, but is reviewing how to ensure lithium batteries stored in luggage holds do not explode in midair, officials briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

Graduates of historically black Florida university turn backs on education secretary

Graduating seniors at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida turned their backs in protest of US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the start of her commencement speech on Wednesday at the historically black institution.

Another reason bedtime matters for preschoolers

Little kids who have a consistent bedtime routine and limited screen time may get better at regulating their emotions, a recent study suggests.

SALVATION | How Thai monastery brings addicts back from the void

Wat Thamkrabok, 140 kilometers north of Bangkok, has treated more than 110,000 addicts since it started its program in 1959, the monastery says.

PH Red Cross’ disaster response ship is truly amazing

Able to carry 120 passengers and either 20 ambulances or six cargo trucks, Amazing Grace can land on beaches in water as shallow as four feet and lower its main deck to unload equipment like a roll-on/roll-off vessel ship.