Oil firms to roll back prices Monday
By Riza T. Olchondra
Oil firms announced cuts in pump prices effective 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Oil firms announced cuts in pump prices effective 12:01 a.m. Monday.
For Jose E. B. Antonio, the delivery of quality products and services is the ticket to transforming the Philippines into a global destination.
The Department of Budget and Management released P1.59 billion to boost flood-control measures in Metro Manila, particularly for the rehabilitation of 12 water pumping stations in the metropolis.
DoubleDragon Properties Corp., a property venture of fast food magnates Tony Tan Caktiong and Edgar “Injap” Sia II, is breaking into Metro Manila’s competitive property market by bringing P1.52 billion worth of residential inventory in a skyscraper rising beside the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue.
Let us face it: The frenzied shopping during the Christmas season, particularly in this metropolis with a population of more than 12 million at night, which balloons to about 15 million in the daytime, must always generate horrendous traffic, plus, of course, mountains of garbage from all those packaging materials in all forms, whether paper [...]
There is a private group that is readying a challenge to the traffic “number coding” scheme in Metro Manila, planning to present its case before the Supreme Court, perhaps aiming to force the government to drop the scheme finally—after about 16 years.
The government considers the bus rapid transit (BRT) system for Metro Manila to be a cheaper alternative to train lines and capable of meeting the country’s mass transport needs.
Consumer spending on basic grocery items are likely to remain stable in the next six months in greater Metro Manila, but there may be budget cutbacks on discretionary items like alcoholic beverage, snack foods, new cell phone units, a recent consumer study by Citigroup suggested.
The Asian Development Bank will provide technical assistance for the proposed “Angat Water Transmission Improvement Project,” which will serve to boost Metro Manila’s water supply.
The local property sector is nowhere near any bubble with residential and office rental rates and their property values in Metro Manila’s major central business districts (CBDs) are still likely to rise within the next 12 months on buoyant demand, property experts from Colliers International said.
This time, real estate analysts agree with the views of a nature conservationist. Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, chief executive officer of the environmental group Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines, was quoted by the Inquirer last August 13 as saying, “Filipinos, not the monsoon rains, are to blame for the deluge that paralyzed the metropolitan area of 14-million residents last week.” The Inquirer article also cited Tan as saying that “the latest disaster to hit the Philippines was a result of an unfettered and mindless march to urbanization that had replaced soils and trees, which could absorb the rains and reduce flooding, with concrete jungles.”
Once again floods brought about by Typhoon “Gener” wrought havoc in Metro Manila and a fairly large number of cars were affected. Here’s a simple to-do list to make your car road-worthy again. Please note that regardless of your car’s condition, do not try starting/cranking your engine if you are in doubt. You might cause a short circuit, which at the very least can fry your car’s electronics, or worse, start a fire. Safety is always paramount.
