MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Philippines has allowed more foreign nationals with valid visas to enter the country starting Feb 16, 2021, Malacañang announced Friday (Feb 5).
SYDNEY (ANN): A woman who is admittedly often struggling with directions, like many others, had quite a unique yet practical solution on how to distinguish left from right.
Sen. Pia Cayetano, who led the Senate contingent during bicameral discussions on the bill, said she was happy about finally finding common ground with the House on the bill after it was sidelined for years. - PDI
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirrer/ANN): The Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday (Feb 3) ratified a key economic reform bill that would give companies a “much-needed tax break” by lowering the corporate income tax after the two chambers agreed on a consensus version.
The Senate approved the final, uniform version of the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act, or CREATE, on Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after it was passed by the House.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Globe dominated the Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) in a virtual awarding ceremony held on Friday (Jan 29).
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) recognised Globe and other Philippine companies which excelled in the 2019 ACGS assessment.
Globe won in all prestigious award categories, being the lone telco to do so, among publicly listed firms in six of the participating Asean member countries – namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
“Corporate Governance plays a significant role in the Globe Purpose. Our vision mission and core values are manifestations of how engrained corporate governance is in the business, ” said Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu.
BEIJING (ANN): Four men developed mouth ulcers after eating 30 kilograms of oranges to avoid paying extra baggage fee at an airport in Kunming in Yunnan Province, China.