Nov 30, 2020, Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom Unilever completes the merger of its Dutch and British corporate entities, forming a new group called Unilever PLC that is headquartered in London Consumer goods giant Unilever said on Monday, November 30, that it has become a wholly British company, completing a historic merger of its Dutch…
OneNews.com (Philstar.com), November 18, 2020 Senate President Pro Tempore said the government has been borrowing money in excess of what is programmed in the General Appropriations Act, with the funds apparently remaining in the hands of the National Treasury. The government has at least P1 trillion in cash that it can use to purchase coronavirus…
September 21, 2020, Rappler.com Two Filipino remittance firms have sent more than $1 billion in “suspicious” funds to shell companies, while some of the country’s biggest banks helped facilitate the transactions for years without knowing where the money came from, a report by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) revealed. Transactions made by Philrem…
The latest July 2020 labor force survey (LFS) figures confirm the inadequacy of the Duterte administration’s response to what is developing into the worst jobs crisis in the country’s history. The Bayanihan 2 and the proposed 2021 national government (NG) budget give the appearance of assistance but will leave millions of jobless and distressed Filipinos…
Today, National Heroes’ Day, we remember the lives of our forebears who helped shape our nation, their bravery to fight for the country’s freedom, independence and democracy, and courage to face tremendous struggles, even treachery and death itself for the sake of these ideals. We commemorate the heroism of Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan whose…