Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga recently delivered a keynote speech at the BusinessMirror’s Coffee Club event on “EPR Law: What goes around comes around” in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. In her message, the DENR chief emphasized the significance of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act of…
NEARLY a month since the rules on SIM card registration took effect, the number of registered SIMs has reached nearly 25 million, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). As of January 24, a total of 24,922,249 SIMs were registered. The number represents 14.75 percent of the 168,977,773…
INCOMING Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople would have wanted to just ignore a group of “OFWs” who recently protested her appointment, questioning her fitness to handle the job due to her breast cancer. But she broke her silence to stand up for breast cancer survivors who may…
The days of illegal recruitment of Filipinos via Facebook and other social media platforms may soon be over, as incoming secretary of Department of Migrant Workers Susan “Toots” Ople vowed to go after them.
FOR revenge travelers, money is no object. Tourism leaders and stakeholders representatives said on Wednesday during the BusinessMirror’s Coffee Club that many Filipinos who were locked down for two years during the pandemic are now spending on expensive hotels and airfare, even extra tours and purchases, just to enjoy their…