Volvo Cars to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving cars
Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm from an app used to summon a taxi to the owner and operator of a fleet of cars.
$8000! | Bitcoin hits record high
Bitcoin hit a new record high on Monday after smashing through the $8,000 level for the first time over the weekend, marking an almost 50 percent climb in just eight days.
Miners face longer wait for end to open-pit ban
Miners in the country will have to wait longer for the government to decide on a move to lift an open-pit mining ban that has been in place for more than half a year, after President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s spokesman said Monday that the prohibition stays for now.
‘Justice League’ grosses P287.5 million in 4 days, smashes records
That figure represents the biggest November opening weekend in Philippine box office history.
Beyonce is 2017’s highest-paid woman in music with $105 million
Adele is second with $69 million in estimated earnings, followed by Taylor Swift with $44 million and Celine Dion with $42 million.
Telco ‘duopoly’ ending soon with Chinese entity: Palace spokesman Roque
The "duopoly" in the local telecommunications industry, long the target of critics of slow internet in the country, will soon face a challenge, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. announced on Monday.
SOCIAL MEDIA | Honda to use Facebook to find owners with defective Takata airbags
onda Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it will use Facebook Inc’s custom audiences tool to find car owners with defective Takata airbags.
Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terrorism, triggers sanctions
President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions and risks inflaming tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
US sues to block AT&T purchase of Time Warner
The US Department of Justice sued AT&T Inc on Monday to block its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc, saying the deal could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers.
Maynilad Water: MWSS’s Kaliwa dam project badly needed as supply in south not enough
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. is asking the government to fast track negotiations for the construction of Kaliwa dam, as it noted that water supply would be insufficient to meet customer demand by 2025.
Investors swamp 5-year RTB auction
Banks on Monday swamped the Bureau of the Treasury’s (BTr) rate-setting auction for five-year Retail Treasury Bond (RTB) where P130 billion worth of debt paper was issued, higher than the P30 billion initial offering.
Scared of a mirror to its face? De Lima blasts, Cayetano explains PH’s ‘no’...
According to Cayetano, the Philippines had to balance its role as ASEAN chair even while it had always been active in pushing issues of democracy and human rights in UN circles. The ASEAN includes Myanmar and other Muslim-majority members Indonesia and Malaysia.
Quezon City goes digital with maternal, newborn database
The Quezon City local government goes digital with its maternal and newborn health services, on Monday rolling out an "online information exchange database" that...
WATCH | Not exactly new, Roque says of Duterte tagging NPA as terrorists, criminals
The peace overtures between the government and the communist rebel movement have always been blowing warm, blowing cold ever since President Rodrigo Duterte took...
NUJP blasts columnist for red-tagging media orgs, journalists
MANILA - The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines issued the following statement on Monday, attributed to Atty. Jo Clemente, Acting Chair and...