IATA warns airlines headed for crisis on rising infrastructure costs

The growing cost of airport infrastructure poses risks to the global airline industry’s profitability and growth, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said, adding a crisis due to inadequate infrastructure was brewing almost everywhere in the world.

Mark Taguba’s transfer to Manila City Jail will expose him to peril, says lawyer...

Citing information about a possible threat on his life, customs fixer Mark Taguba, through his lawyer, on Monday filed an urgent appeal to a Manila court to reverse its order moving him from the NBI detention facility to the Manila City Jail.
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Gov’t MRT3 stake sale to take time

The government will wait until the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3 is rehabilitated before it unloads shares held by the two largest state-run banks, the Finance chief said.

AFP unfazed by Joma Sison’s warning NPA could kill one soldier a day

Despite warnings coming from Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria "Joma" Sison, the military is more than willing to carry out its mandate of protecting the country against all forms of threat.
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WATCH | Sanofi Pasteur thumbs down PH demand for P3.5-B Dengvaxia refund

Sanofi Pasteur turned down the government's demand for the French drug firm to refund the P3.5 billion that the Philippines had spent for the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, which is currently being investigated in Congress.
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IPs on Lumad killings: The war isn’t ours, but why are we the ones...

(UPDATED) Indigenous groups in Mindanao have denounced the January 28 killing of another Lumad in Arakan, Cotabato, saying the death of of 30-year-old Ricky Olado was the sixth in the town in the last four months.

85-year-old missing father of Karapatan deputy sec gen found

(UPDATED) The 85-year-old father of Karapatan deputy secretary general Jigs Clamor, who had been missing since late last week, was found Monday morning, February 5, the human rights group said.

$120 BILLION | Broadcom to raise Qualcomm bid in push for talks

Broadcom Ltd plans to unveil a new approximately $120 billion offer for Qualcomm Inc, aiming to ratchet up pressure on its U.S. semiconductor peer to engage in negotiations.

Ecowaste says retailers continue to sell mercury-laden beauty products in Manila

A non-profit watchdog Monday revealed that retailers were "flagrantly selling in broad daylight" allegedly contraband mercury-laden skin whitening products in Manila despite being warned by health authorities not to market the dangerous products.

‘Vikings’ star Katheryn Winnick loves being constantly challenged by her role

Her character Lagertha has been called by Entertainment Weekly 'most exciting feminist character on TV.'

Celebrity Kylie Jenner announces birth of baby girl

The 20-year-old said her 'beautiful, healthy baby girl' arrived on Feb. 1 and apologized to fans for keeping her pregnancy a secret.

‘HEY MERCEDES’ | Daimler takes on Silicon Valley with hi-tech A-Class

Daimler’s new Mercedes A-Class includes the German automaker’s own machine-learning and voice recognition technology in one of the industry’s boldest attempts so far to take on Silicon Valley’s finest.

2 dead, over 100 injured in Amtrak crash in South Carolina

An Amtrak passenger train that was diverted onto a side track slammed into a parked freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 others in the railroad’s third fatal crash in as many months.
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Trillanes calls for probe on Duterte bank accounts

Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to Congress to investigate his alleged ill-gotten wealth, Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV will file a resolution on Monday to formally ask the Senate to start the said investigation.

CA affirms administrative raps vs. ex-MRT exec Vitangcol

The CA upheld its earlier decision affirming the order by the Office of the Ombudsman finding former MRTA general manager Al Vitangcol III administratively liable for attempting to extort USD30 million from Inekon, a Czech company engaged in the supply of light rail vehicles (LRVs), and for attempting to impose a partnership on the same firm.